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Platyrrhinus Saussure 1860

Description

Platyrrhinus Saussure 1860

Platyrrhinus Saussure 1860, Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 12: 429.

Type Species: Phyllostoma lineatum E. Geoffroy 1810

Synonyms: Vampyrops Peters 1865.

Species and subspecies: 10 species with 7 subspecies:

Species Platyrrhinus aurarius Handley and Ferris 1972

Species Platyrrhinus brachycephalus Rouk and Carter 1972

Species Platyrrhinus chocoensis Alberico and Velasco 1991

Species Platyrrhinus dorsalis Thomas 1900

Species Platyrrhinus helleri Peters 1866

Subspecies Platyrrhinus helleri subsp. helleri Peters 1866

Subspecies Platyrrhinus helleri subsp. incarum Thomas 1912

Species Platyrrhinus infuscus Peters 1880

Species Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy 1810)

Subspecies Platyrrhinus lineatus subsp. lineatus E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Platyrrhinus lineatus subsp. nigellus Gardner and Carter 1972

Species Platyrrhinus recifinus Thomas 1901

Species Platyrrhinus umbratus Lyon 1902

Subspecies Platyrrhinus umbratus subsp. umbratus Lyon 1902

Subspecies Platyrrhinus umbratus subsp. aquilius Handley and Ferris 1972

Subspecies Platyrrhinus umbratus subsp. oratus Thomas 1914

Species Platyrrhinus vittatus Peters 1860

Discussion: Subtribe Ectophyllina. For a history of the nomeclature of this genus and reasons for using Platyrrhinus in place of Vampyrops, see Gardner and Ferrell (1990) and Alberico and Velasco (1991). A key to the genus was provided by Ferrell and Wilson (1991).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, pp. 395-426 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 422, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Family
Phyllostomidae
Genus
Platyrrhinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Saussure
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Peters, W. 1865. Note on the systematic position of Platacanthomys lasiurus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1865: 397 - 399.
  • Handley, C. O., Jr., and K. C. Ferris. 1972. Descriptions of new bats of the genus Vampyrops. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 84: 519 - 524.
  • Alberico, M. S., and E. Velasco. 1991. Description of a new broad-nosed bat from Colombia. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, 42: 237 - 239.
  • Peters, W. 1866. Uber neue oder ungengend bekannte Flederthiere (Vampyrops, Uroderma, Chiroderma, Ametrida, Tylostoma, Vespertilio, Vesperugo) und Nager (Tylomys, Lasiomys). Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1867: 392 411, 2 pls.
  • Gardner, A. L., and D. C. Carter. 1972. A review of the Peruvian species of Vampyrops (Chiroptera: Phyllostomatidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 53: 72 - 82.
  • Gardner, A. L., and C. S. Ferrell. 1990. Comments on the nomenclature of some Neotropical bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 103: 501 - 508.
  • Ferrell, C. S., and D. E. Wilson. 1991. Platyrrhinus helleri. Mammalian Species, 373: 1 - 5.