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.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Phyllostomidae |
| Genus: | Carollia |
| Species: | C. brevicauda
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| Carollia brevicauda Wied-Neuwied, 1821
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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.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Sampaio, E.; Lim, B.; Peters, S. (2016). "Carollia brevicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T3903A22134642. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3903A22134642.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Carollia brevicauda (Schinz, 1821)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
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