Chestnut short-tailed bat

The chestnut short-tailed bat (Carollia castanea) is a bat species from South and Central America. The species is often confused with the Benkeith's short-tailed bat. It is a mainly frugivorous species that has been known to consume insects (its favorite food being piperaceae).^[2] To determine which pipers to forage on, it focuses on odour and then after proceeds to echolocate to determine position.^[3] It hunts between nightfall and midnight (females during the first half, males during the whole). Habitats include hollow trees, caves, cracks, abandoned mines, sewers, and house roofs. It does not decrease activity during full moons, only instances of turbulent weather like heavy rain.^[2][4] In an agricultural setting it has a higher resistance to habitat fragmentation compared to similar bat species.^[5]

Chestnut short-tailed bat
Chestnut short-tailed bat (juvenile male)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Phyllostomidae
Genus:	Carollia
Species:	C. castanea
Binomial name
Carollia castanea Allen, 1890
Chestnut short-tailed bat range

Gallery

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  Chestnut short-tailed bat teeth (juvenile male)