A 2020 revision treated C. gorgasi, formerly included in C. trinitatum, as a separate species. In the revised C. trinitatum sample, facial stripes appeared in all specimens and a median dorsal stripe in 111 of 113; a separate Peru study recorded the bat in a forest-agriculture landscape.
In the 2020 revision that separated C. gorgasi, pale, dark, and grayish-brown pelage was recorded in C. trinitatum. Facial stripes occurred in all examined specimens and a median dorsal stripe in 111 of 113.
The 2020 systematic account describes it as fruit-eating and reports that comparative studies caught it more often in upper forest strata, around 20 m above ground.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.