Carollia perspicillata (Linnaeus 1758)

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 perspicillata (Linnaeus 1758)

[Carollia] perspicillata ( Linnaeus 1758) , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 31.

Type Locality: Surinam.

Vernacular Names: Seba's Short-tailed Bat.

Synonyms: Carollia amplexicaudata E. Geoffroy 1818 ; Carollia azteca Saussure 1860 ; Carollia brachyotus Schinz 1821 ; Carollia braziliensis Gray 1838 ; Carollia calcaratum Wagner 1843 ; Carollia tricolor Miller 1902 ; Carollia verrucata Gray 1844 .

Distribution: Oaxaca, Veracruz and Yucatán Peninsula ( Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, SE Brazil and Guianas; Trinidad and Tobago; perhaps Jamaica, N Lesser Antilles. A record from Grenada (Lesser Antilles) is probably erroneous; see Genoways et al. (1998).

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

Discussion: Includes tricolor ; see Pine (1972). Some authors have recognized subspecies, but see Pine (1972), McLellan (1984), and Koopman (1994). See also Cloutier and Thomas (1992). Phylogeography discussed by Ditchfield (2000).