Platyrrhinus

Platyrrhinus
Platyrrhinus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860
Type species
Phyllostoma lineatum É. Geoffroy, 1810
Species
Platyrrhinus albericoi Platyrrhinus angustirostris Platyrrhinus aquilus Platyrrhinus aurarius Platyrrhinus brachycephalus Platyrrhinus chocoensis Platyrrhinus dorsalis Platyrrhinus fusciventris Platyrrhinus guianensis Platyrrhinus helleri Platyrrhinus incarum Platyrrhinus infuscus Platyrrhinus ismaeli Platyrrhinus lineatus Platyrrhinus masu Platyrrhinus matapalensis Platyrrhinus nigellus Platyrrhinus nitelinea Platyrrhinus recifinus Platyrrhinus umbratus Platyrrhinus vittatus
Synonyms
Vampyrops Peters, 1865

Platyrrhinus is a genus of leaf-nosed bats in the tribe Stenodermatini of family Phyllostomidae. Twenty one species are known:^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

• Alberico's broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus albericoi
• Slender broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus angustirostris
• Darien broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus aquilus
• Eldorado broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus aurarius
• Short-headed broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus brachycephalus
• Choco broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus chocoensis
• Thomas's broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus dorsalis
• Brown-bellied broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus fusciventris
• Guianan broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus guianensis
• Heller's broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus helleri
• Incan broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus incarum
• Buffy broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus infuscus
• Ismael's broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus ismaeli
• White-lined broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus lineatus
• Quechua broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus masu
• Matapalo broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus matapalensis
• Geoffroy's rayed bat, Platyrrhinus nigellus
• Western broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus nitelinea
• Recife broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus recifinus
• Shadowy broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus umbratus
• Greater broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus vittatus

References

1. Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. VELAZCO, P.M. (2005). "Morphological phylogeny of the Bat Genus Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with the Description of Four New Species". Fieldiana Zoology. 105: 1–53. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.2689.
3. 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. doi:10.2988/08-40.1.
4. VELAZCO, P.M.; GARDNER, A.L.; PATTERSON, B.D. (2010). "Systematics of the Platyrrhinus helleri species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 159: 785–812. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00610.x.
5. VELAZCO, P.M.; LIM, B.K. (2014). "A new species of broad-nosed bat Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Guianan Shield". Zootaxa. 3796 (1): 175–19. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.9.