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Subfamily Desmodontinae. 
Genus DESMODUS Wied. 
1826. Desmodus Wied, Beitrage zur Naturgesch. Brasilien, ii, p. 
231. Type.— Desmodus rufus Wied = Phyllostoma rotundum 
E. Geoffroy. 
* Desmodus rotundus (E. Geoffroy). 
1810. Phyllostoma rotundum E. Geoffroy, Ann. mus. d’hist. 
nat., Paris, xv, p. 181. 
1885. Desmodus rufus True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii (1884), 
p. 605. 1885. 
1900. Desmodus rotundus Thomas, Ann. mus. civ. stor. nat. 
Genova, 2d ser., xx, p. 547. 
Type locality. —Paraguay. 
Genus DIPHYLLA Spix. 
1823. Diphylla Spix, Simiar. et vespert. Brasil., p. 68. Type. — 
Diphylla ecaudata Spix. 
The name Haematonycteris was proposed by H. Allen (Proc. 
U. S. nat. mus., xviii, p. 777, October 27, 1896) for the Diphylla 
of Dobson (Catal. chiropt. Brit, mus., p. 550, 1878), should it 
prove to be distinct from that of Spix. 
* Diphylla ecaudata Spix. 
1823. Diphylla ecaudata Spix, Simiar. et vespert. Brasil., p. 68. 
1885. Diphylla ecaudata True, Proc. U. S. nat. mus., vii 
(1884), p. 605. 1885. 
Type locality. — Brazil. 
