Herpestes edwardsii | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Herpestes edwardsii | (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327604
Location
Countries in Assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
RRL Synonyms
Ichneumon edwardsii Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818; Herpestes edwardsii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818); Urva edwardsii (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
A taxonomic revision is required, as four subspecies are recorded (Corbet and Hill 1992).
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species occurs from the central and eastern Arabian Peninsula, through Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. It has been introduced to Japan and Peninsular Malaysia (Choudhury et al. 2013). It is widely distributed all over the country minus the offshore islands and areas of the Sundarbans that regularly gets inundated by tides. Even it lives in most district towns (Khan 1982, 1985, 1987, 2015).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It is terrestrial, diurnal and solitary hunter that remains active during the day and into late evening. It feeds on a variety of prey, including insects, spiders, scorpions and other invertebrates, as well as frogs, lizards, rodents, snakes that include venomous snakes too and also feeds on refuse and carrion (Khan 2015, Kamruzzaman 2009). This mongoose is commonly found in open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation. This mongoose loves old firewood stores, piles of log or bricks and abandoned segment of a countryside house. It lives in burrows, thickets, among groves of trees or bushes and even in drains (Khan 2015, Choudhury et al. 2013).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has been categorized as Least Concern in the view of its widespread large population and occurrence in human-dominated landscapes and tolerance to a degree of habitat modification.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Sajeda Begum
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
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/
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
Vulnerable in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Herpestes edwardsii Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Herpestidae Herpestes