The slender broad-nosed bat (''Platyrrhinus angustirostris'') is a species of

bat Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera.''cheir'', "hand" and πτερόν''pteron'', "wing". With their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals capable of true and sustained flight. Bats are more agile in flight than most bi ...

in the family Phyllostomidae. As a phyllostomid bat, it is characterized by a narrow

uropatagium The patagium (plural: patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flight. The structure is found in extant and extinct groups of flying and gliding animals including bats, birds, some dromaeosau ...

which is fringed with hair; a white dorsal stripe; large inner upper

incisor Incisors (from Latin ''incidere'', "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and on the mandible below. Humans have a total of eight (two on each side, top and bottom). Opossums have 18, whe ...

s convergent at the tips; and three upper and three lower

molars The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth. They are more developed in mammals. They are used primarily to grind food during chewing. The name ''molar'' derives from Latin, ''molaris dens'', meaning "millstone to ...

. It is found in eastern Colombia and Ecuador, north-eastern Peru, and Venezuela. It is closely related to ''

Platyrrhinus incarum ''Platyrrhinus'' is a genus of leaf-nosed bats in the tribe Stenodermatini of family Phyllostomidae. Twenty one species are known: * Alberico's broad-nosed bat, ''Platyrrhinus albericoi'' *Slender broad-nosed bat, ''Platyrrhinus angustirostri ...

'' and ''

Platyrrhinus fusciventris The brown-bellied broad-nosed bat (''Platyrrhinus fusciventris'') is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. As a phyllostomid bat, it is characterized by a narrow uropatagium which is fringed with hair; a white dorsal stripe; large inne ...

''.

References

*Velazco, PAÚL M., and BURTON K. Lim. "A new species of broad-nosed bat Platyrrhinus Saussure, 1860 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from the Guianan Shield." Zootaxa 3796.1 (2014): 175–193. *Albuja Viteri, Luis Humberto. "Lista de mamíferos actuales del Ecuador." (2011). *Ramírez-Chaves, Héctor E., Elkin A. Noguera-Urbano, and Miguel E. Rodríguez-Posada. "Mamíferos (Mammalia) del departamento de Putumayo, Colombia." Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales 37.143 (2013): 263–286. Platyrrhinus Mammals described in 2010 Bats of South America {{leafnosed-bat-stub

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