Authority citation: Velazco, P.M., Gardner, A.L. and Patterson, B.D. 2010-06-30. Systematics of the Platyrrhinus helleri species complex (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae), with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(3):785-812.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00610.x
Original name as described: Platyrrhinus fusciventris
Nominal names: fusciventris Velazco, A. L. Gardner, & B. D. Patterson, 2010
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Phyllostomidae -- Subfamily: Stenodermatinae -- Tribe: Stenodermatini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:560806
Type locality: "Cerro Neblina, base camp, 140 m; Amazonas; Venezuela, 00°49'50"N, 66°09'40"W."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | Venezuela (VEN) | Guyana (GUY) | Suriname (SUR) | French Guiana (GUF) | Brazil (BRA) | Ecuador (ECU) | Peru (PER)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: 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(3), 785-812.
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