Mops midas | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Mops midas | (Sundevall, 1843)
Location
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
Budongo Forest Reserve, Wakiso District (Buddo)
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
open aerial species of woodland and lowland savanna, prefers roosting in total darkness in tree hollows or rock crevices
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 two localities in the literature. Rare throughout range. No recent records are available.
About the assessment
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
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.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2016/03/National-Redlist-for-Uganda.pdf
Endemism
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Known to be hunted and persecuted through range
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Range appears to be within PA.
Scientific Name
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Mops midas
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Molossidae
Mops
