Platyrrhinus helleri
(W. C. H. Peters, 1866)
Heller's 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
Authority citation
Peters, W.C.H. 1866. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über neue oder ungenügend bekannte Flederthiere (Vampyrops, Uroderma, Chiroderma, Ametrida, Tylostoma, Vespertilio, Vesperugo) und Nager (Tylomys, Lasiomys). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1866:392-411.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39052954Original name as described
Vampyrops Helleri
Type material
ZMB 3276
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
"Mexico."
Biogeographic realm
Nearctic · Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
previously included P. incarum
Taxonomy notes citation
Velazco, P. M., Gardner, A. L., & Patterson, B. D. (2010). Systematics of the Platyrrhinus helleri species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 159(3), 785-812.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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