Rhinolophus alcyone | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda

Taxa
Rhinolophus alcyone | Temminck, 1852
Publication
Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
NRL Record ID
263635
Location
Countries in Assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Budongo Forest Reserve, Mabira Forest Reserve, Kalinzu Forest Reserve, Kabeyi Cave (Eastern Uganda)
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Cavities in tropical moist forests
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
Thorn and Kerbis 2009 only records presence in Budongo FR. But records from 1990s show presence also in Kibale and Mabira FRs. Cavity roosting bats, in small numbers, but because of the specialized roosting requirements could see populations destroyed by selective extraction of dry wood
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
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Partial as largely present in Forest Reserves.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Partial as largely present in Forest Reserves.

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Rhinolophus alcyone Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus