The National Red List Project

NRLD - 263633 | Redunca redunca wardi

Assessment ID
263633
Taxon name
Redunca redunca wardi
(Thomas, 1900)
Infrarank
Redunca redunca wardi
Infratype
Subspecies (animalia)
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Redunca redunca wardi
(Thomas, 1900)
Common name(s)
Bohor Reedbuck
Assessed taxon level
Subspecies
Infrarank
Redunca redunca wardi
Infratype
Subspecies (animalia)
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
artiodactyla
Family
bovidae
Genus
Redunca
Species
redunca wardi
Species authority
(Thomas, 1900)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Uganda
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Endangered
Abbreviated status
EN
Qualifying criteria (if given)
C1
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Despite literature presuming this species is regionally extinct (IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist group 2008), surveys in 2010 give a total of 9 reedbuck in the Greater Virunga landscape and elsewhere also very low numbers and declining (estimated 400 in KVNP, Karenga (WCS, 2014)
Assessment details
Year assessed
2016
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dr Robert Kityo; Sarah Prinsloo; Sam Ayebare; Dr Andrew Plumptre; Aggrey Rwetsiba; Waswa Sadic; Solomon Sebuliba; Herbert Tushabe
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2016/03/National-Redlist-for-Uganda.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Floodplain and woodland habitats, preference for long grass near permanent water
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Habitat destruction, bushmeat hunting, competition and vegetation change may be contributing to decline
Publication
Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Behangana, M., Prinsloo, S., Plumptre, A., Tushabe, H., Ayebare, S., Sekisambu, R. and Conslate, A. 2016. Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda. WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society).