Chiroderma villosum

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Language: English

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Use and Trade

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Mammalia	Chiroptera	Phyllostomidae

Scientific Name:

Chiroderma villosum

Species Authority:

Peters, 1860

Common Name(s):

English

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Hairy Big-eyed Bat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2015
Date Assessed:	2015-07-20
Assessor(s):	Solari, S.
Reviewer(s):	Battistoni, A.
Contributor(s):	Sampaio, E., Lim, B., Peters, S., Miller, B., Cuarón, A.D. & de Grammont, P.C.
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern as it is widespread and tolerant to a range of habitats, and unlikely to be declining at a rate which would qualify it for inclusion in any of the threatened categories.
Previously published Red List assessments:	2008 – Least Concern (LC) Download assessment 1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (LR/lc) Download assessment

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:

This species occurs in Central and South America. This species occurs from Hidalgo and Veracruz, Mexico south through the Isthmus, over much of northern South America to western and southern Brazil, Bolivia and Peru. It is also in Trinidad and Tobago (Eisenberg 1989, Reid 1997). In Venezuela it occurs in lowlands below 600 m asl (Handley 1976).

Countries occurrence:

Native:

Belize; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; El Salvador; French Guiana; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Peru; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

Additional data:

♦ Upper elevation limit (metres):	600

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Population [top]

Population:

This species is widespread and uncommon to locally common. It forages at the canopy level and may be under sampled because of methodological issues (Faria pers. comm.). It is not common in Guatemala (Perez pers. comm.).

Current Population Trend:

Stable

Additional data:

♦ Population severely fragmented:	No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is poorly known. In Venezuela, it is strongly associated with moist habitats and multistratal tropical evergreen forest (Handley 1976), also second growth forest, clearings and fruit groves (Reid 1997). It feed on fruits, especially figs, and roosts in trees hollows (Emmons and Feer 1997).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Use and Trade [top]

Use and Trade:	This species is not used.

Use and Trade:

This species is not used.

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss occurs within its distribution, though this is not a major threat as the species is relatively tolerant to a range of habitats.

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss occurs within its distribution, though this is not a major threat as the species is relatively tolerant to a range of habitats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species occurs in a number of protected areas throughout its range.

Conservation Actions:

This species occurs in a number of protected areas throughout its range.

1. Forest -> 1.6. Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
suitability:Suitable major importance:Yes

In-Place Research, Monitoring and Planning

In-Place Land/Water Protection and Management
Occur in at least one PA:Yes

In-Place Species Management

In-Place Education

1. Research -> 1.2. Population size, distribution & trends

Bibliography [top]

	Eisenberg, J.F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Northern Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA and London, UK. Emmons, L.H. and Feer, F. 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide, Second edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA. Handley Jr., C.O. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 20: 1-91. IUCN. 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 November 2015). Reid, F. 2009. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, USA.

Eisenberg, J.F. 1989. Mammals of the Neotropics. The Northern Neotropics. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA and London, UK.

Emmons, L.H. and Feer, F. 1997. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals: A Field Guide, Second edition. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, USA.

Handley Jr., C.O. 1976. Mammals of the Smithsonian Venezuelan Project. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin, Biological Series 20: 1-91.

IUCN. 2015. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 19 November 2015).

Reid, F. 2009. A Field Guide to the Mammals of Central America and Southeast Mexico. Oxford University Press, New York, USA.

Citation:	Solari, S. 2015. Chiroderma villosum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T4668A22037709. . Downloaded on 26 July 2017.
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