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Nycticeinops schlieffeni, Schlieffen's Bat
Assessment by: Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D., Taylor, P.J. & Monadjem, A.
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Taxonomy
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Chiroptera
Vespertilionidae
Taxon Name: Nycticeinops schlieffeni (Peters, 1859)
Synonym(s):
• Nycticeius schlieffeni
Regional Assessments:
• Mediterranean
Common Name(s):
• English:
Schlieffen's Bat, Schlieffen's Twilight Bat
Taxonomic Notes:
Was previously listed in the database under Nycticeius.
Assessment Information
Red List Category & Criteria:
Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:
2008
Date Assessed:
June 30, 2008
Justification:
Widespread and rather common, with no major threats. Assessed as Least Concern.
Previously Published Red List Assessments
2004 – Least Concern (LC)
1996 – Lower Risk/least concern (LR/lc)
Geographic Range
Range Description:
Distribution is split into two: one range in W Africa (including N Senegal, S Mauritania, Burkina Faso,
Togo, Benin, and Nigeria), and one covering much of E and S Africa (as far south as NE Swaziland). The
species is absent from much of the Horn of Africa, NE Ethiopia, E Tanzania, and NE Mozambique. There
is a smaller central African range in NE Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). There are also records
from Niger, Central African Republic (CAR), and the Nile delta in Egypt.
Country Occurrence:
Native: Angola (Angola); Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad;
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Djibouti; Egypt; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Ghana; Kenya; Malawi; Mali;
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Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Saudi Arabia; Senegal; Somalia; South Africa; South
Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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Distribution Map
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Population
Rather common.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Habitat and Ecology (see Appendix for additional information)
Inhabits dry and moist savanna, dry shrubland, desert, and semi-desert.
Roosts under the roofs of huts or in crevices in trees. Taken from under the bark of a dead Acacia
nigrescens tree in mopane savanna in Zinave National Park (Smithers and Labao Tello, 1976).
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats
None known.
Conservation Actions
None in place.
Credits
Assessor(s):
Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D., Taylor, P.J. & Monadjem, A.
Reviewer(s):
Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority) & Temple, H. (Global
Mammal Assessment Team)
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Bibliography
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.
Smithers, R.H.N. and Lobao-Tello, J.L.P. 1976. Check list and atlas of the mammals of Mozambique.
Trustees of the National Museums and Monuments of Rhodesia, Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Citation
Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.P.D., Taylor, P.J. & Monadjem, A. 2008. Nycticeinops schlieffeni. The IUCN Red List
of Threatened Species 2008: e.T41533A10493191.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T41533A10493191.en
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Appendix
Habitats
(http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/classification-schemes)
Habitat
Season
Suitability
Major
Importance?
2. Savanna -> 2.1. Savanna - Dry
-
Suitable
-
2. Savanna -> 2.2. Savanna - Moist
-
Suitable
-
3. Shrubland -> 3.5. Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
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Suitable
-
8. Desert -> 8.1. Desert - Hot
-
Suitable
-
Additional Data Fields
Population
Population severely fragmented: No
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