Biology:Incan broad-nosed bat

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Short description: Species of bat

Incan broad-nosed bat
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Platyrrhinus
Species:
P. incarum
Binomial name
Platyrrhinus incarum
Thomas, 1912[2]

The Incan broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus incarum) is a bat species from the Amazon basin of South America.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly considered a subspecies of Heller's broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus helleri), but was split following phylogenetic and morphometric analysis of the Platyrrhinus genus.[3] The Incan broad-nosed bat, following this split, is the only member of its genus which occurs in Brazil.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Solari, S. (2017). "Platyrrhinus incarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T88160214A88160217.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/88160214/88160217. 
  2. ↑ Thomas, Oldfield (1912). "Three small Mammals from S. America". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9: 408–410. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18639165. 
  3. ↑ Velazco, Paúl M.; Patterson, Bruce M. (2008). "Phylogenetics and biogeography of the broad-nosed bats, genus Platyrrhinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49 (3): 749–759. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.015. 
  4. ↑ Garbino, Guilherme S.T.; Paes, Juliano A.S.V.; Saldanha, Juliane; Alves, Thais S.; Semedo, Thiago B.F.; da Rosa, Adriana R.; Velazco, Paúl M. (2024). "Notes on the distribution, morphology, and phylogenetics of Platyrrhinus incarum (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) in Brazil, and confirmation that Platyrrhinus helleri does not occur in the country". Zoologia 41. doi:10.1590/S1984-4689.v41.e23044. 

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