Chiroderma improvisum

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	PHYLLOSTOMIDAE

Scientific Name:

Chiroderma improvisum

Species Authority:

Baker & Genoways, 1976

Common Name/s:

English

–

Guadeloupean Big-eyed Bat, Guadeloupe Big-eyed Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B1ab(iii)+2ab(iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Dávalos, L. & Rodriguez, A.

Reviewer/s:

Medellín, R. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Vulnerable because the extent of occurrence is <20,000 km² and area of occupancy is <2,000 km² and the growing human population on the island is displacing habitats and causing a population decline.

History:

1996

–

Endangered

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from Guadeloupe and Montserrat (Lesser Antilles) (Simmons, 2005).
Countries:	Native: Guadeloupe; Montserrat
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Population [top]

Population:	This species apparently is rare (Jones and Baker, 1980).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Little is known about its natural history; presumably it is frugivorous like other members of the genus; it has been collect in open field adjacent to gallery forest, over streams, and under gallery forest (Jones and Baker, 1980).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is threatened by habitat conversion. Hurricanes and Mt Serrat (volcanic eruption) are also potential threats (Davalos pers. comm.)

Major Threat(s):

This species is threatened by habitat conversion. Hurricanes and Mt Serrat (volcanic eruption) are also potential threats (Davalos pers. comm.)

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Not known.

Conservation Actions:

Not known.

Bibliography [top]

	Jones Jr., J. K. and Baker, R. J. 1980. Chiroderma improvisum. Mammalian Species 134: 1-2. 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.

Jones Jr., J. K. and Baker, R. J. 1980. Chiroderma improvisum. Mammalian Species 134: 1-2.

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:	Dávalos, L. & Rodriguez, A. 2008. Chiroderma improvisum. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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