Platyrrhinus fusciventris Velazco et al., 2010

Velazco, Paúl M., Voss, Robert S., Fleck, David W. & Simmons, Nancy B., 2021, Mammalian Diversity And Matses Ethnomammalogy In Amazonian Peru Part 4: Bats, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2021 (451), pp. 1-201 : 108

Platyrrhinus fusciventris Velazco et al., 2010

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VOUCHER MATERIAL (TOTAL = 4): Jenaro Herrera (MUSM 871, 4217, 5526, 5598); see table 46 for measurements.

UNVOUCHERED OBSERVATIONS: We captured three individuals of Platyrrhinus fusciventris at El Chino Village on 16 and 18 February 2019.

IDENTIFICATION: Platyrrhinus fusciventris is distinguished from other species in the genus by the following combination of characteristics: short and only moderately dense hair on the dorsal surface of feet; V-shaped notch in posterior margin of uropatagium; metacarpal III subequal to metacarpal V; fossa on the squamosal root of the zygomatic arch shallow; two cuspules on posterior cristid of the second upper premolar; M1 protocone well developed; stylar cuspule absent on lingual face of M2 paracone; and m2 hypoconid absent (Velazco et al., 2010a; López-Baucells et al., 2018). Descriptions and measurements of P. fusciventris were provided by Velazco et al. (2010a), Velazco and Lim (2014), and Rocha et al. (2018b). No subspecies are currently recognized (Velazco et al., 2010a).

Ascorra et al. (1993) identified two specimens (MUSM 871, 5526) from Jenaro Herrera as Platyrrhinus helleri , but we reidentified them as P. fusciventris . The voucher material we examined conforms to previous descriptions of the species, with measurements that fall within the range of size variation previously documented for P. fusciventris .

REMARKS: The only specimens of Platyrrhinus fusciventris accompanied by capture information from our region were taken in clearings and gardens around El Chino Village: two in groundlevel mistnets and one in a harp trap.