Platyrrhinus matapalensis

Velazco, 2005

Matapalo 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. 2005-11-15. Morphological phylogeny of the bat genus Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) with the description of four new species. Fieldiana Zoology 105:1-54.

Original name as described

Platyrrhinus matapalensis

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:81079

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Matapalo, 54 m in elevation, Province of Zarumilla, Department of Tumbes, Peru, approximately 3°40'S, 80°12'W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Velazco, P. M. (2005). Systematics and phylogenetic relationships of the broad-nosed bats, genus Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae). Fieldiana: Zoology, 105, 1-53.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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