Mops demonstrator | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda

Taxa
Mops demonstrator | (Thomas, 1903)
NRL Record ID
263557
Location
Countries in Assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Gulu District, Moyo District, Wambabya Forest Reserve
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Open and dry savanna and Saharan grasslands. May roost in fissures and cracks of tree trunks (including Vitex doniana [Freeman 1981]) and large branches of savanna trees.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D2
Assessment rationale/justification
Only rarely recorded throughout range and found singly or in very small groups of up to 12 individuals. Wambabya Forest almost entirely degraded. Numbers expected to be very low.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2016
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dr Robert Kityo; Sarah Prinsloo; Sam Ayebare; Dr Andrew Plumptre; Aggrey Rwetsiba; Waswa Sadic; Solomon Sebuliba; Herbert Tushabe
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Government
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|Government|NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
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.
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Roost site destruction, fire management
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Little protection although Wambabya is a FR.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Little protection although Wambabya is a FR.

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Mops demonstrator Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Molossidae Mops