Chestnut short-tailed bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the chestnut short-tailed bat lives – recorded in 6 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Carollia castanea
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	6 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the chestnut short-tailed bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the chestnut short-tailed bat in 6 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Aurora do Pará.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the chestnut short-tailed bat endangered?

The chestnut short-tailed bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the chestnut short-tailed bat?

The chestnut short-tailed bat (Carollia castanea) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Carollia. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the 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). To determine which pipers to forage on, it focuses on odour and then after proceeds to echolocate to determine position. 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. In an agricultural setting it has a higher resistance to habitat fragmentation compared to similar bat species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Chestnut short-tailed bat (revision 1310667304), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q306079 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).