Short-headed broad-nosed bat

The short-headed broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus brachycephalus) is a bat species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, northwestern Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.[1][2]

Short-headed broad-nosed bat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Platyrrhinus
Species:
P. brachycephalus
Binomial name
Platyrrhinus brachycephalus
Rouk & Carter, 1972

References

  1. Sampaio, E.; Lim, B. & Peters, S. (2008). "Platyrrhinus brachycephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 13 September 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M. (eds.), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, retrieved 13 September 2009


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