Platyrrhinus guianensis

Velazco & B. K. Lim, 2014

Guianan Broad-nosed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Stenodermatinae
Tribe : Stenodermatini
Genus : Platyrrhinus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Velazco, P.M. and Lim, B.K. 2014-05-16. A new species of broad-nosed bat Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Guianan Shield. Zootaxa 3796(1):175-193.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.9

Original name as described

Platyrrhinus guianensis

Type material

ROM:MAM:113465

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pobawau Creek mouth, 100 m; Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo; Guyana, 3°16'3.1" N, 58°46'42.7" W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Guyana · Suriname

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Velazco, P. M., & Lim, B. K. (2014). A new species of broad-nosed bat Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Guianan Shield. Zootaxa, 3796(1), 175-193.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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