Broad-nosed bats

Broad-nosed bats

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Stenodermatinae
Genus : Platyrrhinus

Facts about the genus Platyrrhinus, the broad-nosed bats

Other information: South eastern broad-nosed bats are mostly found in areas east of the Great Dividing Range in tall wet forest or rainforest, but they have also been found in low open forest near Canberra. (Full text)

Greater Broad-nosed bats are, as in all insectivorous bat species, highly susceptible to insecticides both directly and indirectly (on their food source). (Full text)