Tadarida bivittata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	MOLOSSIDAE

Scientific Name:

Tadarida bivittata

Species Authority:

(Heuglin, 1861)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Spotted Free-tailed Bat

Synonym/s:

Chaerephon bivittata

Chaerephon bivittatus

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M., Bergmans, W. & Cotterill, F.P.D.

Evaluator/s:

Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category

History:

2004	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2004)
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This East African species ranges from Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north, through southern Sudan, Uganda, Kenya and eastern Tanzania, to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the south.
Countries:	Native: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Mozambique; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Although there is little information on the abundance of this species, it is common in collections suggesting that it is easily found.
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is associated with both dry and moist savanna habitats. It is generally dependent on rocky inselbergs for roosts, although specimens have been taken in an old mine (Smithers and Labao Tello, 1976).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.

Major Threat(s):

There appear to be no major threats to this species as a whole.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There appear to be no direct conservation measures in place. It is presumably present in some East African protected areas. Further studies are needed into the abundance, distribution and natural history of this bat.

Conservation Actions:

There appear to be no direct conservation measures in place. It is presumably present in some East African protected areas. Further studies are needed into the abundance, distribution and natural history of this bat.

Citation:	Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M., Bergmans, W. & Cotterill, F.P.D. 2008. Tadarida bivittata. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 03 December 2008.
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