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Lophostoma schulzi

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA CHIROPTERA PHYLLOSTOMIDAE

Scientific Name: Lophostoma schulzi
Species Authority: Genoways & Williams, 1980
Common Name/s:
English – Schultz's Round-eared Bat
Synonym/s:
Tonatia schulzi Genoways & Williams, 1980
Taxonomic Notes: Split from Tonatia.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s: Sampaio, E., Lim, B. & Peters, S.
Reviewer/s: Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
Listed as Least Concern because it is relatively widely distributed, however, is restricted to the Guyana Shield and known from very few records.
History:
1996 – Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: The species is known from Guianas and northern Brazil (Fonseca et al., 1996; Engstrom and Lim, 2000; Lim and Engstrom, 2000).
Countries:
Native:
Brazil; French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname
Range Map: Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Population [top]

Population: Very little information is available about the population status of this species although it is known to be rare within a restricted distribution in the Guyana Shield; populations are expected to decline in response to habitat disturbance.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: A poorly known gleaning insectivorous species associated with multistratal tropical forest.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Deforestation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: Retention of forests in Guyana Shield.
Citation: Sampaio, E., Lim, B. & Peters, S. 2008. Lophostoma schulzi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 February 2012.
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