Rhyneptesicus nasutus | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial

Taxa
Rhyneptesicus nasutus | (Dobson, 1877)
Publication
UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
Juste et al. (2013) reassigned this taxon to the genus Rhyneptesicus Bianchi, 1917 based molecular phylogenetics. Four subspecies -“ R. n. nasutus (Southwest Pakistan, Afghanistan and Southeast Iran), R. n. matschiei (Southwest Arabia), R. n. pellucens (Iran and Iraq), and R. n. batinensis (Eastern Arabia including Oman and Saudi Arabia), are recognised (Benda and Gaisler 2015, Juste et al. 2013).
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is widespread across the UAE from the western border to the Hajar Mountains and south to the edge of the Rub Al Khali. There are records from Abu Dhabi (Ras Ghanadha, Ruwais, Shah oilfield south of Liwa); Dubai (Bab al Shams); Fujairah (Wadi Wurayah National Park) and Sharjah (Judas et al. 2018). The species is widely but patchily recorded in the Arabian Peninsula, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan (Sharifi et al. 2008).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Occupies a diverse range of habitats: open desert, oases, coastal outcrops, and mountain wadis (Judas et al. 2018).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is widespread across the UAE from the western border to the Hajar Mountains and south to the edge of the Rub Al Khali. It is assessed as Least Concern because it is widespread and there is no evidence of a decline and no major threats. No regional adjustment is made to the Least Concern assessment.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
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. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And 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
https://www.moccae.gov.ae/assets/download/b352eff1/UNRL%20of%20Mammals%20-%20Report%202019.pdf.aspx?view=true
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Unknown. The increasing extent and intensity of urban lighting may have a negative impact on nocturnal flying invertebrates, the main prey base. Species in the mountains may be affected indirectly by falling water tables due to over-abstraction and reduced precipitation.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
Hornby (1996) assessed the species as Data Deficient, however, we consider it likely that the species would have qualified as Least Concern in 1996.
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Rhyneptesicus nasutus Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Vespertilionidae Rhyneptesicus