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NRLD - 327649 | Pipistrellus ceylonicus

Assessment ID
327649
Taxon name
Pipistrellus ceylonicus
Kelaart, 1852
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Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Pipistrellus ceylonicus
Kelaart, 1852
Common name(s)
Kelaart's Pipistrelle, Kelaarter Chamchika
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
chiroptera
Family
vespertilionidae
Genus
Pipistrellus
Species
ceylonicus
Species authority
Kelaart, 1852
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Scotophilus ceylonicus Kelaart, 1852; Vesperugo indicus Dobson, 1878; Pipistrellus chrysothrix Wroughton, 1899; Pipistrellus ceylonicus chrysothrix Wroughton, 1899; Pipistrellus ceylonicus subcanus Thomas, 1915
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 was doubtful occurrence of this species in Bangladesh. Recently it has been recorded from Chittagong Hill Tracts (Anik Saha pers. comm.). However, Siddiqui 1961, Khan (1982, 2001, 2015, Bates and Harrison 1997, Molur et al. 2002) mentioned this species as widely distributed in the country without any locality information.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Delip K. Das
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
It lives in South Asia, China and Southeast Asian countries. Recorded from CHT. However, Khan (2001) mentioned the occurrence of this species throughout Bangladesh without any locality information and also without any scientific evidence (Khan 2001).
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 widely ranges from tropical thorn forests to highlands to human habitations both in urban and rural areas. Usually seen singly or in small groups in 3-4 individuals in abandoned houses, crevices, in railway bridge and culverts; also rarely in hollows in old tree trunks. Occasionally large colonies are seen in old and dilapidated monuments and tombs (Khan 2001).
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