Silky short-tailed bat
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Carollia brevicauda

The silky short-tailed bat (Carollia brevicauda ) is a bat species from South and Central America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Mexico and Venezuela.

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Silky short-tailed bat
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Habits and Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Diet and Nutrition

Its diet consists of primarily fruits, but opportunistically 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 is resides.

References

1. Silky short-tailed bat Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silky_short-tailed_bat
2. Silky short-tailed bat on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3903/22134642

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