Nycticeius cubanus

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:

Nycticeius cubanus

Species Authority:

Gundlach, 1861

Common Name/s:

English

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Cuban Evening Bat

Taxonomic Notes:

Apparently distinct from humeralis; see Hall (1981), but also see Varona (1974).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Near Threatened ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Mancina, C. & Rodriguez, A.
Reviewer/s:	Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Near Threatened because this species is in significant decline (but at a rate of less than 30% over ten years) due to human population density in the island and habitat conversion, although the species occurs in a small range. Almost qualifies as threatened under criterion A2c

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in Cuba (Simmons, 2005).
Countries:	Native: Cuba
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Population [top]

Population:	Rare. Poorly known (Mancina pers. comm.)
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is poorly known. It is insectivorous (Nowak, 1999).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Threats to this species are unknown.

Major Threat(s):

Threats to this species are unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Research actions, found in protected areas (Mancina pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions:

Research actions, found in protected areas (Mancina pers. comm.).

Bibliography [top]

	Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA and London, UK. 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. Varona, L. S. 1974. Catalogo de los mamiferos viventes y extinguidos de las Antillas. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA and London, UK.

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.

Varona, L. S. 1974. Catalogo de los mamiferos viventes y extinguidos de las Antillas. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Havana, Cuba.

Citation:	Mancina, C. & Rodriguez, A. 2008. Nycticeius cubanus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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