Choco Broad-nosed Bat

Choco Broad-nosed Bat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Platyrrhinus
Species:	P. chocoensis
Binomial name
Platyrrhinus chocoensis Alberico & Velasco, 1991

The Choco Broad-nosed Bat (Platyrrhinus chocoensis) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is native to Colombia and Ecuador, where it is found in the Choco region lowlands^[1][2] at elevations from 35 to 305 m.^[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

Source

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Velazco, P. & Aguirre, L. (2008). "Platyrrhinus chocoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/17568. Retrieved 13 September 2009. 
2. ^ Simmons, Nancy B. (2005), "Chiroptera", in Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 312–529, ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0, http://www.bucknell.edu/MSW3/browse.asp?s=y&id=13801425, retrieved 13 September 2009