Coleura seychellensis

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• Description
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Overview

Critically Endangered

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Biome: Terrestrial [1].

Ecology: This species has been recorded from coastal boulder field caves with stable cool temperatures and access into native palm woodland or marsh habitat (Gerlach and Taylor 2006). It appears to need boulder caves with horizontal ceilings; low, stable temperatures; and clear cave flyways not obscured by vegetation (Gerlach and Taylor 2006). Joubert (2004) and Gerlach and Taylor (2006) provide specific details on the ecological requirements of this rare species. Although the species has recently been recorded from three islands, the only occupied roosting localities are known at La Passe and Grande Barbe (their continued presence at this second site was recently confirmed by J. Gerlach pers. comm. ), on Silhouette island (Rocamora and Joubert 2004; Gerlach and Taylor 2006), and from two sites on Mahé, the main locality of Cap Ternay containing between 20 and 30 animals, and Anse Major with one or two bats (J. Gerlach pers. comm. 2008). Abandoned roosts have been recorded from all four islands in the species historical distribution. A detailed study of the roosting site at La Passe is provided by Burgess and Lee (2004).[1].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
  
•     7     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic)   
  
•     7.1     Caves and Subterranean Habitats (non-aquatic) - Caves   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Coleura seychellensis Peters, 1869

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 08-Jun-2004

Two subspecies are recognized Coleura seychellensis seychellensis from Mahé and Praslin, and C. s. silhouettae from Silhouette and La Digue (Hill 1971, Rocamora and Jobert 2004).[1].

Similar Species

Members of the genus Coleura

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. afra (African Sheath-Tailed Bat) · C. seychellensis (Seychelles Sheath-Tailed Bat)

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Further Reading

• 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 9.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 83 1939 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 65.
• Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London, Printed by order of the Trustees, 1878. url , .
• IUCN Directory of Afrotropical Protected Areas IUCN, UNEP url p. 540, p. 551.
• Oil spill sensitivity of the western Indian Ocean islands: coastal data from the Comoros Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion and the Seychelles WCMC url p. 101, p. 25, p. 62, p. 78.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 576, p. 578.
• The mammals of Africa: country lists. Draft document IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, UNEP, WWF url .
• Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. London: [The Society], 1879- url p. 446.
• World Checklist of Threatened Mammals JNCC url p. 123, p. 16.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• Gerlach, J., Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M. & Bergmans, W. 2008. Coleura seychellensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 104626
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-631699
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13822966
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 631699
• IUCN ID: 201392
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1213

Footnotes

1. Gerlach, J., Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.M. & Bergmans, W. 2008. Coleura seychellensis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]

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