Hipposideros fuliginosus | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda

Taxa
Hipposideros fuliginosus | (Temminck, 1853)
Hipposideros fuliginosus | (Temminck 1853)
Publication
Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
NRL Record ID
263507
Location
Countries in Assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Sooty roundleaf Bat
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Kalinzu Forest Reserve
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Associated with primary tropical lowland moist Forest - roosts in cavities
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
B1+2ab(iii)
Assessment rationale/justification
Roosts not observed in Uganda, likely to be in small colonies, susceptible to extraction or natural loss of preffered roosts presumed to be hollow trees. Kalinzu may have the only viable population of this species based on capture results in the Mid-1990s.
About the assessment
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
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
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Affected by forest loss, but roosts within dry wood preferentially selected as fuel source and affected by burning in mosaic habitats
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 fuliginosus Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Hipposideridae Hipposideros
Hipposideros fuliginosus Animalia Chordata Mammalia Microchiroptera Hipposideridae Hipposideros