Heller's broad-nosed bat

The Heller Strip Fruit Vampire is a medium sized member of the genus of strip fruit vampires. Like other species of this genus, Platyrrhinus helleri also has a distinctive bright stripe on its back, beginning between the ears and ending at the tail's end, and a strip above and below each eye. The coat of the Heller Strip Fruit Vampire is usually brown, with the peritoneum lighter than the fur on the back. From other representatives of the genus Platyrrhinus it differs by the strongly hairy edge of the tail flight skin. The Heller Strip Fruit Vampire weighs an average of 14 g and has a wingspan of up to 30 cm. As a representative of the leaf noses it has a pronounced nose leaf. The name Platyrrhinus derives from the Greek platys (= flat, flat) and rhinos (= nose). The species name helleri, which also occurs in the German name, honors Karl Bartholomäus Heller, who has collected the type of this species.