Lasiurus degelidus

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:

Lasiurus degelidus

Species Authority:

Miller, 1931

Common Name/s:

English

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Jamaican Red Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable B1ab(iii) ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Mancina, C. & Dávalos, L.
Reviewer/s:	Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Vulnerable in light of an ongoing population reduction and small geographic range. The species extent of occurrence if <20,000 km², it occurs is less than 5 locations and is declining due to habitat less.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to Jamaica (Simmons, 2005). It occurs below 400 m (Genoways et al., 2005).
Countries:	Native: Jamaica
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Population [top]

Population:	It is rare; known from only six localities (Genoways et al., 2005).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is one of the poorest known species on Jamaica. No specimens have been recorded from within caves or near caves so this appears to be a tree-roosting bat. Often it is caught over water. It is insectivorous (Genoways et al., 2005).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss, hurricanes.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss, hurricanes.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Research actions.

Conservation Actions:

Research actions.

Bibliography [top]

	Genoways, H. H., Baker, R. J., Bickham, J. W. and Phillips, C. J. 2005. Bats of Jamaica. Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University 48: 1-155. Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Genoways, H. H., Baker, R. J., Bickham, J. W. and Phillips, C. J. 2005. Bats of Jamaica. Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University 48: 1-155.

Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Mancina, C. & Dávalos, L. 2008. Lasiurus degelidus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.
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