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NRLD - 327639 | Hesperoptenus tickelli

Assessment ID
327639
Taxon name
Hesperoptenus tickelli
(Blyth, 1851)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Hesperoptenus tickelli
(Blyth, 1851)
Common name(s)
Tickell's Bat, Tickeller Badur, Chamchika
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
chiroptera
Family
vespertilionidae
Genus
Hesperoptenus
Species
tickelli
Species authority
(Blyth, 1851)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Nycticejus isabellinus Horsfield, 1851; Nycticejus isabellinus Kelaart, 1850 [nomen nudum]; Nycticejus tickelli Blyth, 1851
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Bangladesh
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Abbreviated status
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Only one record of this species from Bangladesh. No other information is available to assess it.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Kamrul Hasan
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
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/
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam (Csorba et al. 2008). A single specimen has been collected from Dhaka City in 2005 (Nameer 2009). It may also be found in other areas of Bangladesh.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Usually solitary, lives singly or in small roosts during day, this bat feeds on flying insects (Nameer 2009, Phillips 1980). Generally found in low land and paddy fields as well as in home gardens (Nameer 2009).
History
Not Assessed by IUCN- Bangladesh 2000.
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+232