Kerivoula pellucida

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Kerivoula pellucida

Species Authority:

(Waterhouse, 1845)

Common Name/s:

English

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Clear-winged Woolly Bat

Taxonomic Notes:

This species requires taxonomic review (L. Heaney pers. comm. 2006).

Red List Category & Criteria:	Near Threatened ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Francis, C., Rosell-Ambal, G., Kingston, T. & Nusalawo, M.
Reviewer/s:	Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority), Chanson, J. & Chiozza, F. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Near Threatened although it is a widespread and fairly common species at present, it is restricted to primary forest, which is being lost at a rapid rate in many parts of its range and this will most likely result in a population decline close to 30% over the next 15 years for this species making it close to qualifying for Vulnerable under criterion A2.

Range Description:	The species occurs on Borneo, Java, Peninsular Malaysia, extremem southern Thailand, Sumatra, and the Philippines. In the Philippines, there are records from Jolo (Taylor 1934), Mindanao (Davao del Norte Province) and Palawan (Heaney et al. 1998).
Countries:	Native: Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia (Jawa, Kalimantan, Sumatera); Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak); Philippines; Thailand
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Population:	This is a common species in primary forests on Sumatra (M. Nusalawo pers. comm. 2006), and in Peninsular Malaysia it is fairly common in the understorey of primary forest. Harp and tunnel traps are required to survey this species. It is inferred that the population in Malaysia has undergone a decline of at least 30% in 15 years (T. Kingston pers. comm. 2006).
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology:	In Malaysia the species is generally dependent on primary forest (T. Kingston pers. comm. 2006). There are records of two groups roosting in dead leaves on small shrubs in lowland forest in the Philippines (Taylor 1934; Heaney et al. 1998). On Palawan Island, there are records from secondary lowland forest at 80 m asl (Esselstyn et al. 2004).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Major Threat(s):	This species is dependent on primary forest which is being lost due to logging, plantations, conversion to agriculture and forest fires.

Major Threat(s):

This species is dependent on primary forest which is being lost due to logging, plantations, conversion to agriculture and forest fires.

Conservation Actions:	The species occurs in a number of protected areas throughout its range.

Conservation Actions:

The species occurs in a number of protected areas throughout its range.

Citation:	Francis, C., Rosell-Ambal, G., Kingston, T. & Nusalawo, M. 2008. Kerivoula pellucida. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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