Carollia perspicillata

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Seba's Short-tailed Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Vespertilioniformes
Superfamily : Noctilionoidea
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Carolliinae
Genus : Carollia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033823

Original name as described

Vespertilio perspicillatus

Other common names

Common Short-tailed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1867.4.12.597

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cc0b649-dd9b-4ac4-a891-a39d99be8639

Type locality

"America." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1911 to "Surinam [= Suriname]."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago · Grenada? · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004877

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Known distribution is shown in green and predicted distribution is in yellow. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Carollia verrucata

J. E. Gray, 1844

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

verrucata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:106a

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/76c0d5f6-e4c8-401d-af32-6ef6cac9b95e

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40019999

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio perspicillatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

perspicillata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1867.4.12.597

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7cc0b649-dd9b-4ac4-a891-a39d99be8639

Authority page

31

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033823

Authority publication

Stockholm

Carollia azteca

de Saussure, 1860

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

azteca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNG 515.89, MHNG 516-07, MHNG 516-14, ZMB 2647

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

480

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2264839

Authority publication

Revue et Magasin de Zoologie pure et appliquée

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Glossophaga amplexicauda

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

amplexicauda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2130, MNHN ? 935, MNHN ? 936, MNHN A 291

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1996-2130

Authority page

418

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34812498

Authority publication

Mémoires du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Phyllostoma brachyotos

(H. R. Schinz, 1821)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brachyotos

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528921

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Carollia Braziliensis

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

braziliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

488

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026391

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Hemiderma tricolor

(G. S. Miller, 1902)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

tricolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:114005

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3485ac877-5d96-489d-a7e1-b6d2412b7116

Authority page

408

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10309539

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Phyllostoma calcaratum

(J. A. Wagner, 1843)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

calcarata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSM 141

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

366

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13703397

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus perspicillatus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

perspicillatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872934

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)

Phyllostoma brachyotum

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brachyotum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

31

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Carollia perspicillata azteca

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

azteca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Carollia perspicillata

G. G. Goodwin, 1946

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

perspicillata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

315

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Goodwin (1946:315) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)
  2. Linares (1967:465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67251)
  3. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:57) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Sánchez-Palomino, Rivas Pava & Cadena (1993:306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34667)
  7. Reis & Muller (1995:33) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34685)
  8. Reis, Peracchi & Sekiama (1999:503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/40441)
  9. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  10. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #3905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #3905) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  15. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3905/22133716) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

brachyotus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

412

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Carollia perspicillata perspicillata

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

perspicillata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

537

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1972:149) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/50336)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Carollia perspicillata tricolor

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

tricolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

537

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Glossophaga amplexicaudata

(A. G. Desmarest, 1821)

Family

Phyllostomidae

Root name

amplexicaudata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523887

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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