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NRLD - 263685 | Tragelaphus sylvestris

Assessment ID
263685
Taxon name
Tragelaphus sylvestris
Meinertzhagen 1916
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Tragelaphus sylvestris
Meinertzhagen 1916
Common name(s)
Ssesse Island Sitatunga
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
artiodactyla
Family
bovidae
Genus
Tragelaphus
Species
sylvestris
Species authority
Meinertzhagen 1916
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
Critically Endangered
Abbreviated status
CR
Qualifying criteria (if given)
B1ab(v)
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Skulls from Ssesse (Nkosi Island) markedly different, but other Islands similar to mainland, therefore if accepted this is a single restricted site endemic
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
Yes
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Ssese Islands (Nkosi Island only)
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
Deepwater swampland
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Wetland degradation and conversion, bushmeat hunting
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).