Taxon name
Pipistrellus coromandra
(Gray, 1838)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Pipistrellus coromandra
(Gray, 1838)
Common name(s)
Indian Pipistrelle, Little Indian Bat, Coromandel Pipistrelle, Chamchika
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
(Gray, 1838)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
This taxon belongs to the coromandra subgroup of pipistrellus species group. Earlier this taxon included aladdin Thomas, 1905 (Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951). Gaisler (1970) proposed the nomen afghanus to represent forms from Pakistan and Afghanistan (
Sctophilus coromandra Gray, 1838; Vespertilio coromandelicus Blyth, 1851; Myotis parvipes Blyth, 1853; Vesperugo blythii Wagner, 1855; Vesperugo nicobaricus Fitzinger, 1861; Scotophilus coromandelianus Blyth, 1863; Pipistrellus coromandra Gaisler, 1870; V
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
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 a very common with widespread distribution and has a presumed large population. It occurs in almost all habitat ranges, has a tolerance of a degree of habitat modification. Although the population size and trends have not been quantified or estimated, the population size is not believed to approach the thresholds of any of the threatened categories. Thus, it has been categorized as Least Concern.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Sajeda Begum
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)
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 (Csorba et al. 2008). This species is distributed all over the country.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is nocturnal, crepuscular and arboreal. It roosts in trees, crevices and cracks in walls, hollows and ceilings of corrugated iron sheet covered and thatched houses, tiles of huts, old buildings, temples, under bark and in holes of large trees, signboards, tree hollows in small groups of few individuals (Khan 1987, Bates and Harrison 1997). Insectivore and hunts on flies, ants and other small insects. Usually two young ones are born per litter (Bates and Harrison 1997).
History
Not Threatened in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Publication
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
