Order Chiroptera - Family Phyllostomidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 395 426 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Carollia brevicauda (Schinz 1821) [Carollia] brevicauda (Schinz 1821) , Das Thierreich, 1: 164 . Type Locality: Brazil , Espirito Santo , Jucu River, Fazenda de Coroaba. Vernacular Names: Silky Short-tailed Bat . Synonyms: Carollia bicolor Wagner 1840 ; Carollia grayi Waterhouse 1838 ; Carollia lanceolatum Natterer 1843 ; Carollia minor Gray 1866 . Distribution: E Panama , Colombia , Venezuela , Guyana , Surinam , French Guiana, Ecuador , Peru , Bolivia , and N & E Brazil ; Trinidad . Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Long confused with perspicillata or subrufa ; see Pine (1972) . Range restricted to N South America and E Panama by Baker et al. (2002), who referred all Central American records (from W Panama north through Mexico ) to sowelli . It is possible that these taxa occur in sympatry in Panama , but this has not yet been demonstrated.