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Hernandez's Short-tailed Bat
Carollia monohernandezi Muñoz, Cuartas & González, 2004
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Mono's short-tailed bat (Carollia monohernandezi) is a leaf-nosed bat species found in Colombia and Panama. Specimens have been collected in habitats ranging from dry to tropical rain forest at elevations ranging from 30 to 2,660 metres (98 to 8,727 ft).
Wikipedia contributors, Mono's short-tailed bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:02:53.862457+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Carollia monohernandezi Muñoz, Cuartas & González, 2004
- Name authority
- Muñoz, Cuartas & González, 2004
- Common name
- Hernandez's Short-tailed Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Phyllostomidae
- Genus
- Carollia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyNoctilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyPhyllostomidae Gray, 1825
- subfamilyCarolliinae Miller, 1924
- genusCarollia Gray, 1838
- speciesCarollia monohernandezi Muñoz, Cuartas & González, 2004
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Carollia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Silky Short-tailed BatCarollia brevicaudum (Schinz, 1821) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sowell's Short-tailed BatCarollia sowelli Baker, Solari & Hoffmann, 2002 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Manu Short-tailed BatCarollia manu Pacheco, Solari & Velazco, 2004 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut Short-tailed BatCarollia castanea H. Allen, 1890 | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray Short-tailed BatCarollia subrufa (Hahn, 1905) | PhyllostomidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=947232 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5XDLM. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.