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NRLD - 327641 | Hipposideros galeritus

Assessment ID
327641
Taxon name
Hipposideros galeritus
Cantor, 1846
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Hipposideros galeritus
Cantor, 1846
Common name(s)
Cantor's Leaf-nosed Bat, Cantorer Pata-nak Chamchika, Chamchika
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
chiroptera
Family
hipposideridae
Genus
Hipposideros
Species
galeritus
Species authority
Cantor, 1846
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Phyllorhina brachyota Dobson, 1874; Phyllorhina galerita Dobson, 1876
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
There is no confirmed record of this species from Bangladesh. However, Khan (2001, 2015) included this species as the most common among Leaf nosed Bat and widely distributed in Bangladesh without any scientific evidence. Sufficient information is not available to evaluate this species.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Kamrul Hasan
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
Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam (Francis et al. 2008). There is no confirmed record of this species in Bangladesh.
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
It inhabits in old buildings, rocks and crack in building walls (Khajuria1980). No information is available from Bangladesh. However, it roosts in a very small colonies and feeds on insects in other part of its range (Phillips 1980, Nameer 2009).
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