The National Red List Project

NRLD - 327616 | Pardofelis marmorata

Assessment ID
327616
Taxon name
Pardofelis marmorata
(Martin, 1837)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Pardofelis marmorata
(Martin, 1837)
Common name(s)
Marbled Cat, Marbel Biral, Chopjukta Biral
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
felidae
Genus
Pardofelis
Species
marmorata
Species authority
(Martin, 1837)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
The Marbled Cat resembles with Clouded Leopard in colour and pattern. So, young Clouded Leopards are easily confused with this species.
Felis marmorata (Martin,1837)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Bangladesh
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Abbreviated status
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
There are some intervening information on the presence of this species but appropriate data on abundance and/ or distribution are lacking. Therefore, it is categorized in Data Deficient.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Modinul Ahsan, Rukshana Sultana
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; IUCN (2012) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://iucnredlistbd.org/
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Marbled Cats range from the Eastern Himalayas to Upper Myanmar and the Indochinese region including areas of Northeast India, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia and Viet Nam (Medway 1969, Sunquist and Sunquist 2002). No record is available from wild; however, one individual was captured from Northeast region.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is primarily associated with moist deciduous, semi-evergreen forest (Nowell and Jackson 1996), and may prefer hill forests (Duckworth et al.1999, Holden 2001, Grassman et al. 2005). It is solitary animal, rarely seen in the wild. In captivity the longest lifespan was maximum 12 years and 3 months (Sunquist and Sunquist 2002).
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+232