Neophocaena phocaenoides | The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka: Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora
Taxa
Neophocaena phocaenoides | (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Neophocaena phocaenoides | (Cuvier, 1829)
Location
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
E: Finless Porpoise; S: Awaral mulla
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment rationale/justification
A2cde
About the assessment
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Prof. Devaka Weerakoon & Dr. Siril Wijesundara (editors)
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|Government
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.cea.lk/web/images/pdf/redlist2012.pdf
Supplementary Links
MOE 2012. The National Red List 2012 of Sri Lanka; Conservation Status of the Fauna and Flora. Ministry of Environment, Colombo, Sri Lanka. viii + 476pp
Endemism
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Scientific Name
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Neophocaena phocaenoides
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetartiodactyla
Phocoenidae
Neophocaena
Neophocaena phocaenoides
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Cetacea
Phocoenidae
Neophocaena
