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SPECIES Carollia perspicillata

Author:Linnaeus, 1758.
Citation:Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 31.
Common Name:Seba's Short-tailed Bat
Type Locality:Surinam.
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).
Status:IUCN 2003 and IUCN/SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments: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).
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Synonyms:

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

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