- Carollia
Taxobox | name = "Carollia"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Chiroptera
familia =Phyllostomidae
genus = "Carollia"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Carollia benkeithi "
"Carollia brevicauda "
"Carollia castanea "
"Carollia colombiana "
"Carollia manu "
"Carollia monohernandezi "
"Carollia perspicillata "
"Carollia sowelli "
"Carollia subrufa "
..."Carollia" is a genus of
bat s often referred to as the short-tailed fruit bats. Along with the genus "Rhinophylla ", "Carollia" makes up the subfamilyCarolliinae of familyPhyllostomidae , the leaf-nosed bats. Currently, nine species of "Carollia" are recognized, with a number having been described since 2002. Members of this genus are found throughout tropical regions of Central and South America but do not occur on Caribbean islands other thanTrinidad and Tobago . Bats of the genus "Carollia" often are among the most abundant mammals in Neotropical ecosystems and play important roles as seed dispersers, particularly ofpioneer plant s such as those of the genera "Piper ", "Cecropia ", "Solanum ", and "Vismia ".
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