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WHITE-LINED BROAD-NOSED BAT Platyrrhinus lineatus
One of the few boldly-marked bats in Paraguay, this species can be easily identified by the white longitudinal line along its dorsal surface and the bold head stripes. A frugivorous bat, it feeds mainly on fruits, flowers and even leaves, chewing them into a pulp, consuming the liquid and allowing the fibrous residue to drop to the floor.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM353PH)  Adult ventral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM354PH)  Same individual head lateral (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM355PH)  Same individual head lateral (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM356PH)  Same individual frontal (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM357PH)  Same individual crown (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM358PH)  Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 7 - (FPMAM359PH)  Same individual foot (Paul Smith June 2010).
FIGURE 8 - (FPMAM163PH)  Adult specimen dorsal, Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 9 - (FPMAM164PH)  Same specimen ventral  (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 10 - (FPMAM165PH)  Same specimen head detail  (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 11- (FPMAM1144PH) Adult head, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (John T. Smit January 2011  http://science.naturalis.nl/smitj).
FIGURE 12 - (FPMAM1163PH)  Adult at roost, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2014).
VIDEO - (FPMAM1164VI)  Adult at roost, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2014).
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WHITE-LINED BROAD-NOSED BAT Platyrrhinus lineatus
DORSAL (FPMAM166PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM167PH); LATERAL (FPMAM168PH)
Skulls courtesy of Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción