Hystrix indica | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Hystrix indica | Kerr, 1792
Publication
NRL Record ID
327698
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
It used to be widely distributed in Bangladesh (Khan 1982, 1985, 2008), but rare in many areas or absent (Khan 1985). Habitat destruction as well as killing for its meat and quills resulted in severe depletion of its population. Considering its wide range it is currently categorized as Least Concern.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Farid Ahsan
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
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/
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Endangered in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hystrix indica | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Hystricidae | Hystrix |