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Murina rozendaali

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA CHIROPTERA VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name: Murina rozendaali
Species Authority: Hill & Francis, 1984
Common Name/s:
English – Gilded Tube-nosed Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Vulnerable A2c+3c ver 3.1
Year Published: 2008
Assessor/s: Hutson, A.M. & Kingston, T.
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 Vulnerable as although the species is poorly known, it is most likely dependent on lowland forest which is rapidly disappearing within its range, and therefore it is expected that this species has declined by at least 30% in the last 15 years and that this rate of decline will continue for the next 15 years.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species is known from the Malay Peninsula and three or four localities in Sabah, Borneo. It can be expected in Thailand, but as yet there are no records (S. Bumrungsri pers. comm.).
Countries:
Native:
Malaysia
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Population [top]

Population: This is a rare species (T. Kingston pers. comm.).
Population Trend: Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: It has been caught low-flying over streams in lowland dipterocarp forest. Presumably it is a foliage rooster, not known from caves. Nothing is known about roost size, but it is probably small.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

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: Francis (1997) found this species in Krau Wildlife Reserve.
Citation: Hutson, A.M. & Kingston, T. 2008. Murina rozendaali. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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