Hipposideros cyclops | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Hipposideros cyclops | (Temminck, 1853)
Publication
NRL Record ID
263506
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
C1
Assessment rationale/justification
Only known from Semliki until early 1990s. Only observed roosting in tree cavities in small colonies, which are more susceptible to extraction or natural loss. Inferring low population size from scarcity of roost site within AOO, at less than 10,000.
Assessment year
2016
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dr Robert Kityo; Sarah Prinsloo; Sam Ayebare; Dr Andrew Plumptre; Aggrey Rwetsiba; Waswa Sadic; Solomon Sebuliba; Herbert Tushabe
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Government
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|Government|NGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2016/03/National-Redlist-for-Uganda.pdf
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Threats listed in assessment
Affected by forest loss, but roosts within dry wood preferentially selected as fuel source
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Range within PA system.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Range within PA system.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hipposideros cyclops | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Hipposideridae | Hipposideros |