Carollia brevicauda (Schinz 1821)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 395-426 : 412

Carollia brevicauda (Schinz 1821)

[Carollia] brevicauda (Schinz 1821) , Das Thierreich, 1: 164.

Type Locality: Brazil, Espirito Santo, Jucu River, Fazenda de Coroaba.

Vernacular Names: Silky Short-tailed Bat.

Synonyms: Carollia bicolor Wagner 1840 ; Carollia grayi Waterhouse 1838 ; Carollia lanceolatum Natterer 1843 ; Carollia minor Gray 1866 .

Distribution: E Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and N & E Brazil; Trinidad.

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Long confused with perspicillata or subrufa ; see Pine (1972). Range restricted to N South America and E Panama by Baker et al. (2002), who referred all Central American records (from W Panama north through Mexico) to sowelli . It is possible that these taxa occur in sympatry in Panama, but this has not yet been demonstrated.