Viverricula indica | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Viverricula indica | (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
Viverricula indica | É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803
Publication
NRL Record ID
327621
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Though this species is widely distributed in a diverse habitat throughout Bangladesh but the population has been declining due to different anthropogenic factors. Hunting, poaching and retribution killing of this species for attacking poultry and pigeon coop is also evident. Its countryside habitat is being continuously destroyed. This species does not fulfill any of the criteria for threatened categories. Therefore, this species has been categorized as Near Threatened based on its threats.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Sharmin Akhtar
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
Vulnerable in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Viverricula indica | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Viverridae | Viverricula |
Viverricula indica | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Viverridae | Viverricula |