Incan broad-nosed bat
Species of bat
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The Incan broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus incarum) is a bat species from the Amazon basin of South America.
| Incan broad-nosed bat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Platyrrhinus |
| Species: | P. incarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Platyrrhinus incarum | |
Taxonomy
This species was formerly considered a subspecies of Heller's broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus helleri), but was split following phylogenetic and morphometric analysis of the Platyrrhinus genus.[3] The Incan broad-nosed bat, following this split, is the only member of its genus which occurs in Brazil.[4]