Authority citation: Velazco, P.M. and Lim, B.K. 2014-05-16. A new species of broad-nosed bat Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Guianan Shield. Zootaxa 3796(1):175-193.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3796.1.9
Original name as described: Platyrrhinus guianensis
Nominal names: guianensis Velazco & B. K. Lim, 2014
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Phyllostomidae -- Subfamily: Stenodermatinae -- Tribe: Stenodermatini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ROM:MAM:113465
Type locality: "Pobawau Creek mouth, 100 m; Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo; Guyana, 3°16'3.1" N, 58°46'42.7" W."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Guyana (GUY) | Suriname (SUR)
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: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: 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), 175-193.
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