Taxon name
Nycticebus bengalensis
(Lacépede, 1800)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Nycticebus bengalensis
(Lacépede, 1800)
Common name(s)
Assamese: Lajuki bandar; Bengali: Lajiwati bandar; Hindi: Sharimindi billi; Nepali: Lajbarti bandar; English: Bengal Loris, Bengal Slow Loris, Northern Slow Loris, Slow Loris
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
(Lacépede, 1800)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
India
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Molur, S., D. Brandon-Jones, W. Dittus, A. Eudey, A. Kumar, M. Singh, M.M. Feeroz, M. Chalise, P. Priya and S. Walker (Eds.) (2003). Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report, 2003. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South Asia, Coimbatore, viii+432pp.
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2012/08/Status-of-South-Asian-Primates-20031.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, China; For detailed distributional information within South Asia, see Molur et al. 2003
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Molur et al. 2003
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Tropical evergreen rain forest, semi-evergreen forest, moist deciduous forest
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Fisheries, habitat loss due to building roads, dams, power lines, fragmentation, soil loss/erosion, deliberate fires, hunting and trade for food, traditional medicine, and sport, accidental mortality, trapping, human interference, predators Threats well understood, not reversible, not ceased
Publication
Molur, S., D. Brandon-Jones, W. Dittus, A. Eudey, A. Kumar, M. Singh, M.M. Feeroz, M. Chalise, P. Priya and S. Walker, editors. 2003. Status of South Asian Primates: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Wokshop Report. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South Asia, Coimbatore, viii+432pp.
