Gerbillus dasyurus | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Taxa
Gerbillus dasyurus | (Wagner, 1842)
Asessment status in full
Least concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
Assessed as Least Concern because the species is widespread, mainly in the northern mountainous areas of the UAE, is frequently seen, and there are no indications of a decline. There is no need for any adjustment of the regional category.
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN. 2012. IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1, Second edition. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And 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
https://www.moccae.gov.ae/assets/download/b352eff1/UNRL%20of%20Mammals%20-%20Report%202019.pdf.aspx?view=true
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Over-gazing, quarrying, road construction and other development activities in the mountains result in habitat loss and degradation and increased fragmentation. Species in the mountains may also be affected indirectly by falling water tables due to over-abstraction and reduced precipitation. An increase in numbers of feral cats and Red Foxes may also pose a threat to all small mammals.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Hornby (1996) assessed the species as Data Deficient, however, we consider it likely to have qualified as Least Concern in 1996.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Gerbillus dasyurus | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Muridae | Gerbillus |