Chaerephon plicatus | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Chaerephon plicatus | (Buchanan, 1800)
Publication
NRL Record ID
327634
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
The species is known from only one locality in Bangladesh, but is likely to occur in other localities of the country. A group of about 50 were seen roosting during the day, for at least several days, in a crevice of a building in Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka, in January 1995. A specimen was collected on 27 January 1995 and was identified as a free-tailed Bat, but the species-level identification could not be done at that time. The preserved specimen was re-examined in 2015 and was identified as Chaerephon plicatus, which is a new species for Bangladesh (M.M.H. Khan pers. obs.). The roosting colony disappeared after January 1995, indicating that it is not a resident in the area. The species is likely to occur in other areas of Bangladesh. There is not enough data to assess its status in Bangladesh. Therefore, it is listed as Data Deficient.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
M. Monirul H. Khan
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
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/
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Not assessed in 2000 assessment by IUCN Bangladesh since it was recorded in Bangladesh after that time.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chaerephon plicatus | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Chiroptera | Molossidae | Chaerephon |