Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy 1810)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 423

Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy 1810)

[Phyllostoma] lineatum E. Geoffroy 1810 , Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 180.

Type Locality: Paraguay, Asunción.

Vernacular Names: White-lined Broad-nosed Bat.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Platyrrhinus lineatus subsp. lineatus E. Geoffroy 1810

Subspecies Platyrrhinus lineatus subsp. nigellus Gardner and Carter 1972

Distribution: Colombia to Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, N Argentina, and S and E Brazil; French Guyana; Surinam.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix III ( Uruguay). IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes nigellus; see Jones and Carter (1979). See Willig and Hollander (1987).