Lophostoma schulzi
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | CHIROPTERA | PHYLLOSTOMIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Lophostoma schulzi | |||
| Species Authority: | Genoways & Williams, 1980 | |||
Common Name/s:
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| Synonym/s: |
Tonatia schulzi Genoways & Williams, 1980
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| Taxonomic Notes: | Split from Tonatia. | |||
Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Published: | 2008 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Sampaio, E., Lim, B. & Peters, S. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) | |||
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Justification: Listed as Least Concern because it is relatively widely distributed, however, is restricted to the Guyana Shield and known from very few records. |
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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
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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
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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. |
Bibliography [top]
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da Fonseca, G. A. B., Herrmann, G., Leite, Y. L. R, Mittermeier, R. A., Rylands, A. B. and Patton, J. L. 1996. Lista anotada dos mamiferos do Brasil. Conservation International Occasional Paper 4: 38 pp. Engstrom, M. and Lim, B. 2000. Checklist of the mammals of Guyana. Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC, USA. Lim, B. K. and Engstrom, M. D. 2000. Preliminary survey of bats from the Upper Mazaruni of Guyana. Chiroptera Neotropical 6: 119–123. |
| 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 25 May 2012. |
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