The white-lined broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus lineatus) is a medium-sized leaf-nosed bat of the family Phyllostomidae found in southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname. It weighs about 18 to 28 g and has medium to dark brown fur, a prominent white stripe running from the top of the head to the rump and two pairs of white facial stripes. It lives in the Atlantic Forest and adjacent ecoregions, including arid cerrado and caatinga, savanna, secondary forest and urban areas at elevations of 100 to 1000 m. It eats mainly fruit but also insects, nectar and the leaves of Solanum plants. It roosts in small caves and under the leaves of palms and other plants in colonies of up to 75 individuals, and males may hold small harems of 7 to 15 females. Activity peaks about two hours after sunset. The IUCN lists it as Least Concern, and it is on CITES Appendix III for Uruguay.
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Conservation Status Activity Pattern Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species record for Platyrrhinus lineatus
In Biome
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In Ecosystem
Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Platyrrhinus lineatus
Source GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Platyrrhinus lineatus
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname
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1. GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species descriptions for Platyrrhinus lineatus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Status and Conservation
Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN
Food and Feeding
The White-lined Broad-nosed Bat primarily eats fruit but is also known to eat insects, nectar, and leaves of Solanum spp.
Status and Conservation, cites appendix
CITES Appendix III (Uruguay)
Activity patterns
is most active two hours after sunset
In Biome: Savanna, Habitat, savanna
savanna formations, secondary forests, and urban areas
In Ecosystem: Atlantic Forest, Habitat, Atlantic Forest
Atlantic Forest and adjacent ecoregions, including arid cerrado and caatinga
In Ecosystem: Cerrado, Habitat, cerrado
Atlantic Forest and adjacent ecoregions, including arid cerrado and caatinga
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is a bat species found in southern and eastern Brazil
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): GBIF species record for Platyrrhinus lineatus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Taxonomy match, familyQuote, Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Taxonomy match, family
"family": "Phyllostomidae"
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