Coelops hirsutus

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	HIPPOSIDERIDAE

Scientific Name:

Coelops hirsutus

Species Authority:

(Miller, 1911)

Common Name/s:

English

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Philippine Tailless Leaf-nosed Bat, Philippine Tailless Roundleaf Bat

Taxonomic Notes:

This species is not treated as valid by Simmons (2005), and it is sometimes treated as a subspecies of Coelops robinsoni (Corbet and Hill 1992). However, we follow L. Heaney (pers. comm. 2007) in considering it to be a distinct species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Ong, P., Rosell-Ambal, G. & Tabaranza, B. & Heaney, L.

Reviewer/s:

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

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing doubts as to its taxonomic validity, extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirements.

History:

1996

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Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the Philippines, where it is known only from the islands of Mindanao (Bukidnon province) and Mindoro (Heaney et al. 1998). The species could certainly be present on islands between the known localities (L. Heaney pers. comm. 2006).
Countries:	Native: Philippines
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Population [top]

Population:	There is very little information on its abundance. This species is hard to survey and only one survey has been carried out using harp traps, which are appropriate for this species, and this suggests that the species is more common than was once thought (L. Heaney pers. comm. 2006).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is very little information, but the species might be dependent on caves and presumably lives in forest (Heaney et al. 1998).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is very little information, as the ecology of the species is so poorly known. However, the species is suspected of having declined due to loss of forest habitat due to agriculture, logging, mining and urbanisation.

Major Threat(s):

There is very little information, as the ecology of the species is so poorly known. However, the species is suspected of having declined due to loss of forest habitat due to agriculture, logging, mining and urbanisation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known whether or not this species occurs in any protected areas. It is probably dependent on the conservation of adequate areas of forest habitat. Taxonomic work should be carried out to determine the validity of the species.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known whether or not this species occurs in any protected areas. It is probably dependent on the conservation of adequate areas of forest habitat. Taxonomic work should be carried out to determine the validity of the species.

Citation:	Ong, P., Rosell-Ambal, G. & Tabaranza, B. & Heaney, L. 2008. Coelops hirsutus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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