Idiurus zenkeri | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda

Taxa
Idiurus zenkeri | Matschie, 1894
NRL Record ID
263524
Location
Countries in Assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Semuliki National Park, Budongo Forest Reserve
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Lowland and montane tropical moist forest
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Would presume LC in absence of threats but only in two PA's so if numbers low could be at risk as population size not known
About the assessment
Assessment year
2016
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dr Robert Kityo; Sarah Prinsloo; Sam Ayebare; Dr Andrew Plumptre; Aggrey Rwetsiba; Waswa Sadic; Solomon Sebuliba; Herbert Tushabe
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Government
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|Government|NGO
Criteria system
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. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp.
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Habitat loss and degradation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Range within PA system, reasonably protected.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Range within PA system, reasonably protected.

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Idiurus zenkeri Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Anomaluridae Idiurus