Rhinolophus lepidus | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Rhinolophus lepidus | Blyth, 1844
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327655
Location
Countries in Assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
RRL Synonyms
Rhinolophus minor Horsfield, 1824; Rhinolophus pusillus Dobson, 1872
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
This species was considered as R. monticola (Andersen, 1905). Now R. monticola is treated as subspecies of R. lepidus.
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
South and Southeast Asia; Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Myanmar (West), Nepal, Pakistan (Sind), Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam (Bumrungsri et al. 2008). This species is distributed in the forests of northeast, east, southeast and the Sundarbans, as well as in the forest edges (Khan 2008, 2015).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is nocturnal and insectivore. It is found in forest edges. Roosts in caves and tunnels of bridges and culverts (Francis 2008, Wilson and Reeder 2005).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
The EOO as well as the AOO of this species is much larger than the threatened threshold level. It has been categorized as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumably large population and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Kamrul Hasan
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
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; IUCN (2012) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://iucnredlistbd.org/
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Rhinolophus lepidus Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Rhinolophidae Rhinolophus