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''Carollia'' is a genus of bats often referred to as the short-tailed fruit bats. Along with the genus, ''Rhinophylla'', ''Carollia'' makes up the subfamily Carolliinae of family Phyllostomidae, the leaf-nosed bats. Currently, nine species of ''Carollia'' are recognized, with a number having been described since 2002. Members of this genus are found throughout tropical regions of Central and South America but do not occur on Caribbean islands other than Trinidad and Tobago. Bats of the genus ''Carollia'' often are among the most abundant mammals in neotropical ecosystems and play important roles as seed dispersers, particularly of pioneer plants such as those of the genera ''Piper'', ''Cecropia'', ''Solanum'', and ''Vismia''. ''Carollia'' are primarily frugivorous, however ''C. perspicillata'', ''C. castanea'' and ''C. subrufa'' are known to feed on insects. Genus ''Carollia'' - short-tailed leaf-nosed bats *Benkeith's short-tailed bat, ''C. benkeithi'' *Silky short-tailed bat, C. brevicauda'' *Chestnut short-tailed bat, ''C. castanea'' *Colombian short-tailed bat, ''C. colombiana'' *Manu short-tailed bat, ''C. manu'' *Mono's short-tailed bat, ''C. monohernandezi'' *Seba's short-tailed bat, ''C. perspicillata'' *Sowell's short-tailed bat, ''C. sowelli'' *Gray short-tailed bat, ''C. subrufa'' ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carollia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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