Kerivoula intermedia

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Kerivoula intermedia

Species Authority:

Hill & Francis, 1984

Common Name/s:

English

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Small Woolly Bat

Taxonomic Notes:

This species may be confused with K. minuta because of overlap in external measurements (C. Francis pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Hutson, A.M., Kingston, T. & Francis, C.

Reviewer/s:

Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority), Chanson, J. & Chiozza, F. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Near Threatened because, although the species is still reasonably widely distributed, it is dependent upon primary forest, and there is significant deforestation going on within its range such that populations may be declining at close to 30% over a ten year period making it close to qualifying for Vulnerable under criterion A2c.

History:

1996

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Lower Risk/near threatened (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is recorded from Borneo and Peninsular Malaysia. It was described by Yasuma (1997) from Brunei and Bukit Suharto in East Kalimantan, Borneo, and also is known from Maliau Basin and Lumerao in Sabah (unpubl. survey report) and from the Sebangau peat swamps in Central Kalimantan, Borneo (Husson and Morrogh-Bernard 2003). It can be expected to also occur in Thailand, but this has not yet been confirmed.
Countries:	Native: Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia; Malaysia Presence uncertain: Thailand
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Population [top]

Population:	The species may be widespread and relatively common in suitable habitat, but it is difficult to trap without harp traps, and is often overlooked in Borneo. It is extremely common in Krau Wildlife Reserve Malaysia (Kingston et al. 2006).
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	The species is common in primary forest, and may not do well in highly disturbed forest (C. Francis pers. comm.). It has also been recorded from the Sebangau peat swamps in Central Kalimantan (Husson and Morrogh-Bernard 2003). Roosting habits are unknown (Kingston et al. 2006).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss due to logging, agriculture, plantations and forest fires is a major threat to this species.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss due to logging, agriculture, plantations and forest fires is a major threat to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in Krau Wildlife Reserve in Peninsular Malaysia (Kingston et al, 2006).

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Krau Wildlife Reserve in Peninsular Malaysia (Kingston et al, 2006).

Citation:	Hutson, A.M., Kingston, T. & Francis, C. 2008. Kerivoula intermedia. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2012.
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