Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Taxobox | name = Seba's Short-tailed Bat
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Phyllostomidae
genus = "Carollia"
species = "C. perspicillata"
binomial = "Carollia perspicillata"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

The Seba's Short-tailed Bat, "Carollia perspicillata", is a common and widespread bat species from South and Central America.

"C. perspicillata" dwells in both moist evergreen and dry deciduous forests, usually below 1,000 meters altitude, typically roosting in groups of 10-100 bats in caves, hollow trees, tunnels, and road culverts. It feeds on a least 50 different species of fruit, as well as pollen and insects.

References

* Cloutier, D., and Thomas, D.W. 1992. "Carollia perspicillata: Mammalian Species" No. 417, pp.1-9, 3 figs. American Society of Mammalogists.
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Carollia_perspicillata.html Mulheisen, M. 1999. "Carollia perspicillata" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web]
* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]