Choco Broad-nosed Bat | |
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Conservation status | |
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]