Platyrrhinus vittatus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1859)

Greater 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. 1859. Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Chiropteren. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1859:222-225.

Original name as described

Artibeus vittatus

Type material

ZMB 568

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Puerto Cabello," Carabobo, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Ecuador · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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