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NRLD - 327667 | Taphozous longimanus

Assessment ID
327667
Taxon name
Taphozous longimanus
Hardwicke, 1825
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Taphozous longimanus
Hardwicke, 1825
Common name(s)
Long-winged Tomb Bat, Tholey Chamchika
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
chiroptera
Family
emballonuridae
Genus
Taphozous
Species
longimanus
Species authority
Hardwicke, 1825
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Taphozous brevicaudus Blyth, 1841; T. cantorii Blyth, 1842; T. fulvidus Blyth, 1841
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
The species is only known to occur in St. Martin's Island (Khan 1982, Nishat et al. 2002). Later Khan (2001) mentioned it as a common and widely distributed species without any scientific evidence. No other information is available to assess this species. Thus, it is categorized as Data Deficient.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Shayer Mahmood Ibney Alam
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
It occurs in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Only locality specific information is available from St. Martin's Island (Khan 1982). However, Khan (2001) and IUCN (2000) mentioned it as a common and widely distributed species without any locality specific information and also without any scientific evidence.
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
No information is available from Bangladesh. However, this species is known to be found in varied habitats from arid areas to humid zones. Nocturnal, roosts in colonies from single animals to hundreds of bats. It is an early and fast flyer bat. Feeds on insects. There are two known breeding seasons, one in mid-January and the other in mid-May (Bates et al. 2008).
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