Platyrrhinus helleri (bat)
Variant names: Vampyrops helleri

Mass: 15.6 g based on Kalko et al. 1996, Fenton et al. 2001, Meyer et al. 2008, Patterson et al. 1996, Santana and Dumont 2009, Velazco 2005, and Vleut et al. 2015

Diet: frugivore based on Patterson et al. 1996, Dumont 1997, Van Cakenberghe et al. 2002, Giannini and Kalko 2004, Andrade et al. 2008, Kalko et al. 2008, Klingbell and Willig 2009, Loayza and Loiselle 2009, Freeman and Lemen 2010, da Cunha et al. 2011, de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2012, García-García et al. 2014, Preciado-Benítez et al. 2015, and de la Peña-Cuéllar et al. 2015

Abundance: 0.15 to 7.89% (median 1.12%)

Latitudinal range: -20.5° to 18.4°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (8), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (25), tropical/subtropical savanna (3), tropical/subtropical wetland (1)

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Found in 37 samples

Belize: Lamanai

Bolivia: Beni Biological Station–Biosphere Reserve (continuous forest), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (cultivo), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (barbecho), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque joven), Santuario de Vida Silvestre Cavernas de Repechón (bosque maduro)

Brazil: Pousada das Araras, Area de Pesquisas Ecológicas do Guamâ, Alter do Chäo, Campo Grande parks, Sonora

Colombia: La Reserva Natural La Montaña del Ocaso, Isla Palma, Reserva Forestal Protectora Serranía de Coraza

Costa Rica: Rincón de Osa

Guatemala: Tikal

Guyana: Kurupukari

Mexico: Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (forest fragment bats), Lacanhâ (rain forest), Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Lacanhâ (Ochroma pyramidale managed forest), Lacanhâ (secondary forest), Los Tuxtlas (cocoa plantation, 1990 - 1992), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, secondary forest), Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve (partially surrounded, rainforest), Lacandona (riparian mature), Lacandona (riparian pasture), Comalcalco, Parque Estatal La Sierra

Panama: Chucantí Nature Reserve (Potrerito)

Peru: Reserva Nacional Allpahuayo-Mishana, Mishana

Trinidad and Tobago: Victoria-Mayaro Forest Reserve

Venezuela: Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi (nivel bajo), Mayorica, Parque Recreacional Leonor Bernabó

Size measurements:
body mass15.8 gN = 12Kalko et al. 1996
♀ body mass16.4 gN = 1Fenton et al. 2001
♂ body mass16.8 gN = 1Fenton et al. 2001
♂ body mass15.3 gN = 1Fenton et al. 2001
body mass14.2 gN = 1Meyer et al. 2008
body mass12.8 gN = 1Patterson et al. 1996
body mass14.0 gN = 4Santana and Dumont 2009
body mass14.5 gN = 10Velazco 2005
body mass16.5 gN = 23Vleut et al. 2015

See also Platyrrhinus, Platyrrhinus \"helleri/brachycephalus\", Platyrrhinus albericoi, Platyrrhinus brachycephalus, Platyrrhinus dorsalis, Platyrrhinus fusciventris, Platyrrhinus incarum, Platyrrhinus infuscus, Platyrrhinus lineatus, Platyrrhinus masu, Platyrrhinus matapalensis, Platyrrhinus nigellus, Platyrrhinus recifinus, Platyrrhinus umbratus, Platyrrhinus vittatus