| Author: | Martínez and Villa-R., 1938. | 
| Citation: | Anal. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Auto. Mexico, 9: 347. | 
| Common Name: | Western Long-tongued Bat | 
| Type Locality: | Mexico, Oaxaca, Río Guamol, 34 mi. (55 km) S (by Hwy. 190) La Ventosa Jct. | 
| Distribution: | Chiapas to Michoacan and Tlaxcala (Mexico). | 
| Status: | IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (nt). | 
| Comments: | Includes mexicana; see Gardner (1986) and Webster (1993). See Webster and Jones (1985). Solmsen (1998) treated morenoi as a synonym of leachii, and brevirostris as a subspecies of mexicana (listed as a distinct species) with no comment. | 
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