Slender broad-nosed bat explained

The slender broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus angustirostris) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. As a phyllostomid bat, it is characterized by a narrow uropatagium which is fringed with hair; a white dorsal stripe; large inner upper incisors convergent at the tips; and three upper and three lower molars. It is found in eastern Colombia and Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, and Venezuela. It is closely related to Platyrrhinus incarum and Platyrrhinus fusciventris.^[1]

Further reading

• Velazco, PAÚL M., and BURTON K. Lim. "A new species of broad-nosed bat Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Guianan Shield." Zootaxa 3796.1 (2014): 175–193.
• Albuja Viteri, Luis Humberto. "Lista de mamíferos actuales del Ecuador." (2011).
• Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E., Elkin A. Noguera-Urbano, and Miguel E. Rodríguez-Posada. "Mamíferos (Mammalia) del departamento de Putumayo, Colombia." Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 37.143 (2013): 263–286.

Notes and References

1. Velazco. Paúl M.. Gardner. Alfred L.. Patterson. Bruce D.. Systematics of the Platyrrhinus helleri species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 159. 3. 2010. 785–812. 0024-4082. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00610.x. free.