Platyrrhinus infuscus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1880)

Buffy 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1880. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über neue Flederthiere (Vesperus, Vampyrops). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1880:258-259.

Original name as described

Vampyrops infuscus

Type material

TCWC:Mamm:12199

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"Grotte von Ninabamba", Cajamarca, Peru. Based on neotype designation, restricted by A. L. Gardner and D. C. Carter in 1972 to "2 mi. [= 3.2 km] N Tingo María, 2000 ft. [= 610 m], Provincia de Leoncio Prado, Departamento de Huanuco, Peru."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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