Platyrrhinus nitelinea

Velazco & A. L. Gardner, 2009

Western 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 Gardner, A.L. 2009-10-14. A new species of Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from western Colombia and Ecuador, with emended diagnoses of _P. aquilus_, _P. dorsalis_, and _P. umbratus_. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 122(3):249-281.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.2988/08-40.1

Original name as described

Platyrrhinus nitelinea

Type material

USNM:MAMM:513461

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35526835c-0e14-44fd-a136-f0b0a276df26

Type locality

"1 km SW of Puente de Moromoro, 3480 ft (1060 m); El Oro Province; Ecuador (03°44'S, 79°44'W)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Velazco, P. M., & Gardner, A. L. (2009). A new species of Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from western Colombia and Ecuador, with emended diagnoses of P. aquilus, P. dorsalis, and P. umbratus. Proceedings of the biological society of Washington, 122(3), 249-281.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005048

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Platyrrhinus nitelinea

Velazco & A. L. Gardner, 2009

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

nitelinea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:513461

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/35526835c-0e14-44fd-a136-f0b0a276df26

Authority page

268

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000293) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:568) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88160517/88160521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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