Dekeyser's nectar bat

The bat

Their forearms are about 35 mm (1.4 in) long.

Range and habitat

This bat is endemic to the Cerrado of Brazil. It is found in dry forests with calcareous outcroppings. Dekeyser's nectar bat is a bat species found in Brazil and Bolivia.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Plants in its diet include Hymenaea stigonocarpa, members of the Bauhinia genus (Bauhinia cupulata, B. Multinervia, B. Brevipes, B. Megalandra, B. Pauletia, B. Ungulata, and B. Rufa), and Luehea trees. In the dry season, that is when nectar is most abundant, they feed predominantly on nectar.

In crisis

One of the threats to this species is inappropriate efforts to eradicate vampire bats. Current vampire bat management practices have serious and significant negative effects on its population. In 1996, this species was evaluated as vulnerable by the IUCN, that was later revised to near threatened in 2008.

In 2016, its status was again revised to endangered. It is listed as endangered because the population likely consists of fewer than 2,500 individuals, its distribution is patchy and limited, and its suitable habitat is rapidly declining.

Dekeyser's nectar bat is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Dekeyser's nectar bat, Wikidata item Q1832889. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.