Brown-bellied broad-nosed bat

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 inner upper incisors convergent at the tips; and three upper and three lower molars. It is found in Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Trinidad and Tobago, northern Brazil, eastern Ecuador, and the southern Venezuela. It is closely related to Platyrrhinus incarum and Platyrrhinus angustirostris.^[2]

Brown-bellied broad-nosed bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Platyrrhinus
Species:	P. fusciventris
Binomial name
Platyrrhinus fusciventris Velazco et al., 2010