Myotis cobanensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Myotis cobanensis

Species Authority:

Goodwin, 1955

Common Name/s:

English

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Guatemalan Myotis

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Cajas, J. & Miller, B.

Reviewer/s:

Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of the absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, threats, status and ecological requirements. Known only from two individuals from one locality, thus this species could be Critically Endangered, however, more evidence is necessary to confirm its presence and condition at its only known locality.

History:

1996	–	Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1996	–	Critically Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in central Guatemala (Simmons, 2005), Alta Verapaz, Coban, 1,305 m.
Countries:	Native: Guatemala
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Population [top]

Population:	Its population is unknown (Reid, 1997).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Its biology is unknown; the type specimen was caught in the cathedral in Coban, Guatemala (Reid, 1997).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Not known.

Major Threat(s):

Not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Research actions are needed. The holotype was stored in alcohol and prepared as a skin. Any possible DNA may be compromised. Additional fieldwork appears to support Goodwin's description, but DNA effort is not done (McCarthy pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions:

Research actions are needed. The holotype was stored in alcohol and prepared as a skin. Any possible DNA may be compromised. Additional fieldwork appears to support Goodwin's description, but DNA effort is not done (McCarthy pers. comm.).

Citation:	Cajas, J. & Miller, B. 2008. Myotis cobanensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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