Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Seba's short-tailed bat FAMILY - Phyllostomidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Carollia perspicillata azteca SYNONYMS - Carollia azteca- Saussure 1860 REFERENCES - 1, 2, 3, 17 and 18 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 4 District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Caracol Archaeological Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 10 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Captured or Mist net Dry season 9 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Permanent 8 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 7 Columbia River Forest Reserve 6 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 5 Chiquibul Forest Reserve Wet season 11 Gallon Jug Captured or Mist net Dry season 12 Private land, see comments Captured or Mist net Dry season 13 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher August 14 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher August 14 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher August 14 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher January 15 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Collected as voucher February 15 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher September 15 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher January 15 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher Dry season 15 Rio Bravo Conservation Area Captured or Mist net Dry season 16 Hydrologic Association Reference Sittee River 14 Macal River 13 Macal River 9 New River 16 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 16 30' to 16 45'; 88 45' to 89 00' 11 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 10 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 9 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 7 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 6 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 12 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 13 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 14 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 15' to 88 30' 14 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 14 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 15 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 15 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 16 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 15 Subtropical moist 15 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 15 Subtropical Lower Montane moist 15 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 15 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 14 Subtropical moist 14 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 14 General Distribution Comments 16* Hill Bank; La Milpa 15* ROM Rockstone Pond; Spanish Lookout; Regalia; Augustine; Caves Branch. 14* LSU Sittee River; 0.75mi. E Corozal; Regalia. 13* Chaa Creek Cottages 11* Los Cuevis Camp 9* Rubber Camp 6* voucher specimen taken References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1:137 3 Koopman, Karl F. 1993. Chiroptera. in Wilson, D. E., and D. M. Reeder, eds, Mammalian species of the world, 2nd ed, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 137-241. 4 Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide. University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. pp.67-68 5 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 6 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.23-25, p. 80 7 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 8 Clark, W. 1993. A contribution to the mammals of the Mountain Pine Ridge; Hidden Valley Inn, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. Unpub. report for WCS. pp.7-8, 26 9 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 10 Howell, D. 1990. The Bats of Caracol. Parts I and II. 22 pp. Unpub. report for Wildlife Conservation Society. 11 Miller, B., C. Miller. 1992. Biodiversity Reconnaissance in Chiquibul National Park, 13-19 July. Unpublished report. 12 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 13 Merriman, T. 1993. List of bats caught and observed with Dr. Merlin D. Tuttle, BCI Founder's Circle Trip, May 8-17, 1993. In lit. 14 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner. 15 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. 16 Smith, Rosemary L. 1994. Neotropical Bats as Indicators of Environmental Disturbance. Masters Thesis. Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. pp.64. 17 Koopman, Karl F. 1994. Chiroptera: Systematics (in) Handbook of Zoology. W. de Gruyter. Berlin-NY. p.46. 18 Cloutier, D. and D.W. Thomas. 1992. Carollia perspicillata. Mammalian Species. No.417. pp.1-9. American Society of Mammalogists.
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