Platyrrhinus helleri (bat)
Variant names:
 Vampyrops helleri

Mass: 19.4 g based on Davis et al. 1964, Estrada et al. 1993 and Lawlor 1973

Latitudinal range: -20.5° to 18.4°

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

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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 Guamá, Alter do Chão, 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), Lacanhá (rain forest), Los Tuxtlas (forest, 1990 - 1992), Los Tuxtlas Biological Research Station (shaded plantation bats), Lacanhá (Ochroma pyramidale managed forest), Lacanhá (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 mass14 gN = 1Davis et al. 1964
body mass20 gN = 60Estrada et al. 1993
body mass13.3 gN = 4Lawlor 1973

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