Taphozous perforatus | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial

Taxa
Taphozous perforatus | É. Geoffroy, 1818
Publication
UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Location
Countries in Assessment
United Arab Emirates
Country ISO code(s)
ARE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
Meester et al. (1986) recognised three subspecies, including the nominate subspecies (Taphozous perforatus perforatus) from Egypt (where this species was initially described), T. p. sudani Thomas, 1915 from Sudan, and T. p. haedinus Thomas, 1915 from Kenya. However, it remains uncertain how the geographically isolated southern African population (named T. p. rhodesiae, and described from the Shashi-Limpopo confluence; Harrison 1964) is related to these subspecies (Monadjem et al. 2010). T. p. rhodesiae was originally recognised as a subspecies of T. sudani (T. sudani australis), which was previously identified as a distinct species from T. perforatus (ACR 2015).
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This bat was first recorded in the UAE in early 2018 when 11 individuals were caught in a cave in Wadi Al Hab, Fujairah (Jomat et al. 2018). There are also records of the species from several localities in adjacent parts of the Hajar Mountains in Oman (Harrison and Bates 1991). The species may previously have been confused with Taphozous nudiventris. The species occurs widely throughout northern and sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and Asia, east to the Indian subcontinent (Monadjem et al. 2017e).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
The only UAE record was in a cave in the Hajar Mountains. The species inhabits caves, crevices and old buildings (Harrison and Bates 1991).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
This bat is assessed as Data Deficient because the species was first recorded in 2018 from one site in the Hajar Mountains. No regional adjustment is made to the Data Deficient assessment.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
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. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And 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
https://www.moccae.gov.ae/assets/download/b352eff1/UNRL%20of%20Mammals%20-%20Report%202019.pdf.aspx?view=true
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Unknown. The increasing extent and intensity of urban lighting may have a negative impact on nocturnal flying invertebrates, the main prey base. Species in the mountains may be affected indirectly by falling water tables due to over-abstraction and reduced precipitation.
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
The backcasted 1996 assessment for this species is Data Deficient.
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Taphozous perforatus Animalia Chordata Mammalia Chiroptera Emballonuridae Taphozous