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NRLD - 327655 | Rhinolophus lepidus

Assessment ID
327655
Taxon name
Rhinolophus lepidus
Blyth, 1844
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Rhinolophus lepidus
Blyth, 1844
Common name(s)
Blyth's Horseshoe Bat, Blyhter Ghurakhuri Chamchika
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
chiroptera
Family
rhinolophidae
Genus
Rhinolophus
Species
lepidus
Species authority
Blyth, 1844
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
This species was considered as R. monticola (Andersen, 1905). Now R. monticola is treated as subspecies of R. lepidus.
Rhinolophus minor Horsfield, 1824; Rhinolophus pusillus Dobson, 1872
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
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

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.
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
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).
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
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).
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (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