Paracrocidura maxima | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Paracrocidura maxima | Heim de Balsac, 1959
Publication
NRL Record ID
263600
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
B2ab(i,ii)
Assessment rationale/justification
AOO 1317km2. Rare throughout range and declining due to habitat loss. Uganda forests likely to be best protected of range.
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 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.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2016/03/National-Redlist-for-Uganda.pdf
Endemic to region
Yes
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Yes
Endemism specifics: Albertine Rift Endemic
Endemism specifics: Albertine Rift Endemic
Threats listed in assessment
Believed to be declining due to habitat degradation
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Within Protected Area system.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Within Protected Area system.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Paracrocidura maxima | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Eulipotyphla | Soricidae | Paracrocidura |