Leptailurus serval | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda

Taxa
Leptailurus serval | (Schreber, 1776)
Leptailurus serval | Schreber, 1776
NRL Record ID
263533
Location
Countries in Assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Serval
RRL Synonyms
Felis, Caracal
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Widespread
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Well-watered savanna long-grass and reedbeds or other riparian types, high canopy closed forest, recorded up to alpine moorlands
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Regular sightings reported but still very little known of numbers and range. Likely to be declining, possibly rapidly. Their populations may be linked to Uganda's extensive papyrus/swamp network and would be affected by clearance as with sitatunga. 20 captures recorded in 3 months along the Dura/Njuguta swamps in Kanyawara community through Kiko tea plantation. There are also quite a few in the grassland/forest mosaic areas of Kibale (D.R. Mills).
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
Wetland habitat loss and degradation and burning, both leading to scarcity of prey. (percieved depredation behaviour), bushmeat hunting also reduces prey base
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Partially within PA system.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Partially within PA system.

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Leptailurus serval Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Leptailurus
Leptailurus serval Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Leptailurus