Carollia sowelli R. J. Baker, Solari &amp; F. G. Hoffmann 2002
Creators: name: Wilson, Don E.
name: Mittermeier, Russell A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Phyllostomidae
Carollia
Carollia sowelli

description: 107. Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat <i>Carollia sowelli</i> <b>French:</b> Carollia de Sowell / <b>German:</b> Sowell-Kurzschwanzblattnase / <b>Spanish:</b> Carolia de Sowell <b>Taxonomy.</b> Carollia sowelli R. J. Baker, Solari &amp; F. G. Hoffmann, 2002, “ Honduras, Comayagua, Cueva de Taulabe, (14°41’42" N, 87°57'07" W).” This species is monotypic. <b>Distribution.</b> Gulf slope in E Mexico from San Luis Potosi and N Veracruz to Yucatan Peninsula and S Mexico (Oaxaca and Chiapas) S through Central America to W Panama. <b>Descriptive notes.</b> Head—body 60-79 mm, tail 7-14 mm, ear 16-21 mm, hindfoot 12-14 mm, forearm 37-42 mm; weight 12-21 g. Sowell’s Short-tailed Batis intermediate in size between the Silky Short-tailed Bat (C. brevicaudum) and Seba’s Short-tailed Bat (C. perspicillata). Dorsal pelage is tricolored, long, dense, and smooth, almost like that of the Silky Short-tailed Bat, but Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat lacks dark brown tips that would make its medial light band conspicuous. It has hair on forearm but not as abundant as in Seba’s Short-tailed Bat. Its face is more elongated than the Gray Short-tailed Bat (C. subrufa), with round warts in front of lowerlip. Principal difference between Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat and the Silky Shorttailed Bat is based on order of nucleotides in the mitochondrial cytochrome-b. <b>Habitat.</b> Tropical rainforest and deciduous forests from sea level up to 2400 m. Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat is particularly abundant in early stages of secondary forests and plantations. <b>Food and Feeding.</b> Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat is frugivorous, but it sometimes eats insects. In Mexico, it feeds primarily from wild figs (Ficus sp., Moraceae), but it is reported that all species of Carollia eat fruits from species of Piper (Piperaceae), Cecropia (Urticaceae), Vismia (Hypericaceae), and Solanum (Solanaceae). <b>Breeding.</b> Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat has a bimodal reproduction pattern. Pregnant and lactating females were found in March—July. Pregnant females also were reported in February—April and July-September. <b>Activity patterns.</b> Sowell’s Short-tailed Bats roost in caves, hollow trees, rock crevices, and human structures. It has also been reported to roost under banana leaves (Musa sp.). <b>Movements, Home range and Social organization.</b> In Mexico, Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat roosted with other species: e.g. Davy’s Naked-backed Bat (Pteronotus davyi), the Common Mustached Bat (P. parnellii), Peters’s Ghost-faced Bat (Mormoops megalophylla), the Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), the Mexican Greater Funnel-eared Bat (Natalus stramineus), Pallas’s Long-tongued Bat (Glossophaga soricina), and Myotis sp. Female colonies of Sowell’s Short-tailed Bat are separated from male colonies. <b>Status and Conservation.</b> Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red Lust. <b>Bibliography.</b> Baker et al. (2002), LaVal &amp; Rodriguez-Herrera (2002), Miller et al. (2015b), Pine (1972), Tellez (2014a).
description: Published as part of <i>Don E. Wilson &amp; Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Phyllostomidae, pp. 444-583 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions</i> on page 536, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6458594