Taxon name
Rhyneptesicus nasutus
(Dobson, 1877)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Rhyneptesicus nasutus
(Dobson, 1877)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
(Dobson, 1877)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
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).
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
United Arab Emirates (the)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
United Arab Emirates (the)
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Least concern
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
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.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
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
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
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).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
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).
Threats and conservation measures listed
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.
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.
Publication
Mallon, D., Hilton-Taylor, C., Allen, D., & Harding, K. (2019). UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial. A report to the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates (p. 41). IUCN Global Species Programme. https://bit.ly/2RdZCQR
