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title: "White-lined Broad-nosed Bat"
description: "Platyrrhinus lineatus — Mammals. The white-lined broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus lineatus) is a bat species found in southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/white-lined-broad-nosed-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-lined Broad-nosed Bat

> Platyrrhinus lineatus — Mammals. The white-lined broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus lineatus) is a bat species found in southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname.

- Scientific name: *Platyrrhinus lineatus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 388
- Wikidata: [Q1833571](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1833571)
- iNaturalist taxon: [41031](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/41031)

## Names

- en: White-lined Broad-nosed Bat
- de: Weißband-Streifenfruchtvampir
- es: Frutero de línea dorsal

## Countries with the most observations

BR (264), AR (24), PY (9), BO (6), UY (3)

## Summary

The white-lined broad-nosed bat (Platyrrhinus lineatus) is a bat species found in southern and eastern Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, French Guiana and Suriname.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-lined_broad-nosed_bat

## Photo

![White-lined Broad-nosed Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-lined-broad-nosed-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/98042751

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-lined-broad-nosed-bat?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).