Platyrrhinus lineatus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)

Bezerra, Alexandra M. R. & Marinho-Filho, Jader, 2010, Bats of the Paranã River Valley, Tocantins and Goiás states, Central Brazil, Zootaxa 2725, pp. 41-56 : 48

Platyrrhinus lineatus (Geoffroy St.-Hilaire 1810)

Distribution. French Guiana, Surinam, Colombia to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, and northern Argentina. In Brazil it occurs in the states of Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, and Tocantins and in the Distrito Federal ( Nunes et al. 2005; Peracchi et al. 2006).

Habitat. Inhabits various types of habitats as forests, open areas, human environments, roosting in a variety of places such as rolled leaf of trees, caves, and human buildings ( Reis et al. 2007). This species was captured in almost all habitat types sampled (14 o 30’ 25.4” S, 46 o 43’ 51.5” W and 14 o 30’ 21.09” S, 46 o 45’ 29.37” W in Alvorada do Norte , GO; 13°46’ 15.1” S, 46° 37’ 29.2” W in São Domingos, GO; and 12° 54’ 50.8” S, 47° 34’ 0.7” W in Paranã, TO), but the “veredas” and seasonally dry tropical forests .

Voucher specimens. 11 females – CHUNB 1168 , 1188 , 1197 , 1206 , 1207 , 1208 , 1216 , 1259 , 1260 , 1269 , and 1291 ; 7 males – CHUNB 1210 , 1267 , 1268 , 1279 , 1280 , 1284 , and 1285 .