Tadarida lobata

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	MOLOSSIDAE

Scientific Name:

Tadarida lobata

Species Authority:

(Thomas, 1891)

Common Name/s:

English

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Kenyan Big-eared Free-tailed Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Cotterill, F.P.D

Reviewer/s:

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

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Although this species is known mainly from isolated records from a large area, it is listed as Least Concern because it is associated with rocky areas in dry savanna habitat, and is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

2004	–	Data Deficient
1996	–	Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This little known species has only been recorded from four localities in Kenya and four localities in Zimbabwe (Skinner and Chimimba 2005). It is found between 600 and 2,000 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Kenya; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]

Population:	It appears to be a rare species found in small colonies. The apparent rarity might be attributed to their high flying habits and inaccessible daylight roosts (Cotterill, 1996).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species appears to inhabit arid, or semi-arid terrain, where they roost in rocky crevices, and may possibly be dependent on big inselbergs and rocky gorges (Peterson 1974; Cotterill 2001). Specimens have been collected in a house, and from a suburban garden (Skinner and Chimimba 2005).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There appear to be no identifiable threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no identifiable threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There appear to be no direct conservation measures in place. It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Further surveys are needed to better determine the range of this species, and to understand whether it is restricted to rocky areas, or can persist in modified habitats.

Conservation Actions:

There appear to be no direct conservation measures in place. It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Further surveys are needed to better determine the range of this species, and to understand whether it is restricted to rocky areas, or can persist in modified habitats.

Citation:	Cotterill, F.P.D 2008. Tadarida lobata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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