Glauconycteris kenyacola

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Glauconycteris kenyacola

Species Authority:

(Peterson, 1982)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Kenyan Wattled Bat

Synonym/s:

Chalinolobus kenyacola (Peterson, 1982)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Taylor, P.J.

Reviewer/s:

Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, ecological requirements, threats and conservation status.

History:

2004	–	Data Deficient
1996	–	Data Deficient (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1996	–	Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This little known African bat has only been recorded from the type locality of 'Galole Road, 8.5 km north of Garsen, Coast Province, Kenya'.
Countries:	Native: Kenya
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is known only from the type collection.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There appears to be little habitat or ecological information available for this species. It may be an inhabitant of coastal forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The threats to this species are unclear. If it is associated with coastal forest habitats, it is likely to be threatened by extraction of wood and conversion of land to agricultural use.

Major Threat(s):

The threats to this species are unclear. If it is associated with coastal forest habitats, it is likely to be threatened by extraction of wood and conversion of land to agricultural use.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known if this species is present in any protected areas. There is a need for additional field surveys to better understand the distribution, natural history and possible threats to this little known species.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known if this species is present in any protected areas. There is a need for additional field surveys to better understand the distribution, natural history and possible threats to this little known species.

Bibliography [top]

	Aggundey, I. R. and Schlitter, D. A. 1984. Annotated checklist of the mammals of Kenya. I. Chiroptera. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53: 119-161. Peterson, R. L. 1982. A new species of Glauconycteris from the east coast of Kenya (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 60: 2521-2525. Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Aggundey, I. R. and Schlitter, D. A. 1984. Annotated checklist of the mammals of Kenya. I. Chiroptera. Annals of Carnegie Museum 53: 119-161.

Peterson, R. L. 1982. A new species of Glauconycteris from the east coast of Kenya (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 60: 2521-2525.

Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D. & Taylor, P.J. 2008. Glauconycteris kenyacola. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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