Platyrrhinus ismaeli

Platyrrhinus ismaeli is a species of bat found in South America, where it has been documented on both sides of the Andes in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. It was described as a new species in 2005 by the zoologist Paul Velazco, who separated it from Thomas's broad-nosed bat, Platyrrhinus dorsalis, after a taxonomic split; the holotype was collected in May 1987 near Balsas District, Peru. The species name honours Ismael Ceballos Bendezú, a Peruvian mammalogist. It belongs to the Andean clade of its genus, and Platyrrhinus masu is its sister taxon. A medium-sized member of its genus, it has a forearm length of 50 to 56 mm and weighs 30 to 51 g. The fur is dark brown on the back and grayish underneath, the face carries dark stripes, a lighter stripe runs down the spine, and the nose-leaf is longer than wide. Males and females look alike. It is basically frugivorous and is often found in montane forests at 1,230 to 2,950 m above sea level. Little is known of its reproduction. The IUCN currently evaluates it as near threatened, a down-listing from its 2008 assessment as vulnerable.