Taxon name
Taphozous perforatus
E. Geoffroy, 1818
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Taphozous perforatus
E. Geoffroy, 1818
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
E. Geoffroy, 1818
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Meester et al. (1986) recognised three subspecies, including the nominate subspecies (Taphozous perforatus perforatus) from Egypt (where this species was initially described), T. p. sudani Thomas, 1915 from Sudan, and T. p. haedinus Thomas, 1915 from Kenya. However, it remains uncertain how the geographically isolated southern African population (named T. p. rhodesiae, and described from the Shashi-Limpopo confluence; Harrison 1964) is related to these subspecies (Monadjem et al. 2010). T. p. rhodesiae was originally recognised as a subspecies of T. sudani (T. sudani australis), which was previously identified as a distinct species from T. perforatus (ACR 2015).
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
Data deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This bat is assessed as Data Deficient because the species was first recorded in 2018 from one site in the Hajar Mountains. No regional adjustment is made to the Data Deficient 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 bat was first recorded in the UAE in early 2018 when 11 individuals were caught in a cave in Wadi Al Hab, Fujairah (Jomat et al. 2018). There are also records of the species from several localities in adjacent parts of the Hajar Mountains in Oman (Harrison and Bates 1991). The species may previously have been confused with Taphozous nudiventris. The species occurs widely throughout northern and sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Asia, east to the Indian subcontinent (Monadjem et al. 2017e).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
The only UAE record was in a cave in the Hajar Mountains. The species inhabits caves, crevices and old buildings (Harrison and Bates 1991).
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
The backcasted 1996 assessment for this species is Data Deficient.
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
