Kerivoula kachinensis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	VESPERTILIONIDAE

Scientific Name:

Kerivoula kachinensis

Species Authority:

Bates, Struebig, Rossiter, Kingston, Sia Sein Lein Oo & Khin Mya Mya, 2004

Common Name/s:

English

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Kachin Woolly Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Bates, P. & Francis, C.
Reviewer/s:	Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority), Chanson, J. & Chiozza, F. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution (which is likely to increase with additional surveys), although it is never abundant, there are no major threats, and is unlikely to be declining at a rate which would qualify it for inclusion in a threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the forests of northern Myanmar (Bates et al. 2004; Struebig et al. 2005), and its range extends eastwards to Thailand, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Viet Nam (Soisook et al. 2007). Future studies may increase the range of this recently described species (P. Bates pers. comm.). In Lao PDR it has been recorded between 150-800 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Lao People's Democratic Republic; Myanmar; Thailand; Viet Nam
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Population [top]

Population:	This is a widespread but never abundant species (P. Bates pers. comm.). Soisook et al. 2007 consider it to be locally common in Lao PDR, Cambodia and Thailand.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	In Myanmar the species has been collected from good deciduous and evergreen forest (around 100 m asl), and in Viet Nam it has been collected in evergreen to semi evergreen forest with some bamboo (at 229 m asl in central Viet Nam) (P. Bates pers. comm.). In Cambodia it has been collected in deciduous dipterocarp forest, near bamboo (Soisook et al. 2007), in Thailand in lower montane forest which included banana trees, bamboo groves and mixed deciduous forest (Soisook et al. 2007), and in Lao PDR in evergreen forest (Soisook et al. 2007).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

In Myanmar the species has been collected from good deciduous and evergreen forest (around 100 m asl), and in Viet Nam it has been collected in evergreen to semi evergreen forest with some bamboo (at 229 m asl in central Viet Nam) (P. Bates pers. comm.). In Cambodia it has been collected in deciduous dipterocarp forest, near bamboo (Soisook et al. 2007), in Thailand in lower montane forest which included banana trees, bamboo groves and mixed deciduous forest (Soisook et al. 2007), and in Lao PDR in evergreen forest (Soisook et al. 2007).

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats to this species throughout its range.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats to this species throughout its range.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is known from Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area in Mondul Kiri Province in Cambodia, Phu Suan Sai National Park in Loei Province and Nam Nao National Park in Petchabun Province, both in Thailand (Soisook et al. 2007), and from a National Park in Viet Nam (P. Bates pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions:

This species is known from Seima Biodiversity Conservation Area in Mondul Kiri Province in Cambodia, Phu Suan Sai National Park in Loei Province and Nam Nao National Park in Petchabun Province, both in Thailand (Soisook et al. 2007), and from a National Park in Viet Nam (P. Bates pers. comm.).

Bibliography [top]

	Bates, P. J. J., Struebig, M. J., Rossiter, S. J., Kingston, T., Sai Sein Lin Oo and Khin Mya Mya. 2004. A new species of Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Myanmar (Burma). Acta Chiropterologica 6: 219–226. Soisook, P., Bumrungsri, S., Dejtaradol, A., Francis, C. M., Csorba, G., Guillén-Servent and Bates, P. J. J. 2007. First records of Kerivoula kachinensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica 9(2): 339-345. Struebig, M. J., Rossiter, S. J., Bates, P. J. J., Kingston, T., Sai Sein Lin Oo, Aye Aye Nwe, Moe Moe Aung, Sein Sein Win and Khin Mya Mya. 2005. Results of a recent bat survey in Upper Myanmar including new records from the Kachin forests. Acta Chiropterologica 7(1): 147-163. Thong, Vu Dinh, Bumrungsri, S., Harrison, D. L., Pearch, M. J., Helgen, K. M. and Bates, P. J. J. 2006. New records of Microchiroptera (Rhinolophidae and Kerivoulinae) from Vietnam and Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica 8(1): 83-93.

Bates, P. J. J., Struebig, M. J., Rossiter, S. J., Kingston, T., Sai Sein Lin Oo and Khin Mya Mya. 2004. A new species of Kerivoula (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Myanmar (Burma). Acta Chiropterologica 6: 219–226.

Soisook, P., Bumrungsri, S., Dejtaradol, A., Francis, C. M., Csorba, G., Guillén-Servent and Bates, P. J. J. 2007. First records of Kerivoula kachinensis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) from Cambodia, Lao PDR and Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica 9(2): 339-345.

Struebig, M. J., Rossiter, S. J., Bates, P. J. J., Kingston, T., Sai Sein Lin Oo, Aye Aye Nwe, Moe Moe Aung, Sein Sein Win and Khin Mya Mya. 2005. Results of a recent bat survey in Upper Myanmar including new records from the Kachin forests. Acta Chiropterologica 7(1): 147-163.

Thong, Vu Dinh, Bumrungsri, S., Harrison, D. L., Pearch, M. J., Helgen, K. M. and Bates, P. J. J. 2006. New records of Microchiroptera (Rhinolophidae and Kerivoulinae) from Vietnam and Thailand. Acta Chiropterologica 8(1): 83-93.

Citation:	Bates, P. & Francis, C. 2008. Kerivoula kachinensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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