Carollia

Carollia brevicauda

The short-tailed leaf lobes ( Carolliinae ) are a Fledermaustaxon, they form a subfamily of the leaf lobes ( Phyllostomidae ). In this subfamily, two genera Carollia and Rhinophylla, combined with a total of seven species.

Description

Short-tailed leaf noses are rather small bats, they reach a body length 43-65 mm and a weight of 9 to 20 grams. The eponymous short tail has only one class, Carollia, in Rhinophylla he is missing. The fur of these animals is usually dark brown in color, single copies can also be colored light brown or orange. The face is characterized by a tapered nose ears and the thick sheet

Dissemination and lifestyle

Short-tailed leaf noses live in America, their range extends from Mexico to northern Argentina. Their habitat are most tropical rain forests.

Like most bats are nocturnal, as resting quarters serve them caves, rock crevices, hollow logs, mines or houses, where they usually sleep in groups. The only better explored nature, Carollia perspicillata, lives in harems, which may consist of one male and up to eight females. The males jealously guard their females and are always looking to find new females. On the other hand, guarding the harem leader the offspring of their females while they are in search of food and help after their return, they bring together again. The surplus males often live together in bachelor groups.

My diet consists mainly of fruit, including guavas, figs and bananas. Often they also plunder plantations and persecuted because of it. In addition, they also take insects to him.

Reproduction

Twice a year the female can give birth to offspring, the gestation period is about 105-125 days Litter size is usually bats like one. Sexual maturity occurs at the age of one to two years. In the wild, these bats can be up to twelve years old up to ten, in captivity.

System

The short-tailed leaf lobes form a subfamily of the leaf lobes ( Phyllostomidae ), their closest relatives are the fruit Vampire ( Stenodermatinae ). The subfamily is divided into two genera Carollia and Rhinophylla. The genera differ not only in the details of construction of the teeth in the length of the tail. We distinguish nine types:

  • Carollia The Silky Short-tailed leaf-nosed ( Carollia brevicauda ) is spread from the south of Panama to Bolivia.
  • Carollia castanea lives from Honduras to Bolivia.
  • The glasses leaf-nosed ( Carollia perspicillata ) is the best-researched article Their range extends from Mexico to Argentina.
  • Carollia subrufa lives from southern Mexico to Nicaragua and Guyana.
  • Carollia sowelli lives from eastern Mexico to northern Panama.
  • Carollia manu, a recently described species in Peru.
  • Rhinophylla Rhinophylla alethina inhabited a small area in western Colombia and northern Ecuador. It applies at risk as low.
  • Rhinophylla fischerae inhabited the Amazon basin, this species is also listed by the IUCN as Near Threatened.
  • Rhinophylla pumilio is widespread in northern and central part of South America.

Distribution area of Carollia castanea

Distribution area of ​​the leaf-nosed glasses ( Carollia perspicillata )

Distribution area of Carollia subrufa

Distribution area of Carollia sowelli

Distribution area of Carollia manu

Distribution area of Rhinophylla alethina '

Fischerae distribution area of Rhinophylla

Distribution area of Rhinophylla pumilio

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