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Silky Short-tailed Bat
Diego Lizcano, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Bats

Silky Short-tailed Bat

Carollia brevicaudum (Schinz, 1821)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSilky Short-tailed Bat
DutchGewone Kortstaartvleermuis
SpanishMurciélago cola corta sedosa
Chinese短尾叶鼻蝠
Scientific nameCarollia brevicaudum (Schinz, 1821)

About this species

The silky short-tailed bat (Carollia brevicauda) is a bat species found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Mexico and Venezuela.

Its diet consists primarily of fruits, but opportunistically it will glean leaves for insects, supplemented by nectar in the dry season. It is one of the most important seed dispersers for pipers and small fruits in the area which it resides.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderChiroptera
FamilyPhyllostomidae
GenusCarollia

In Suriname

139Records in Suriname
1891First record
2017Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini53
  • Brokopondo33
  • Para3

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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