Redunca redunca wardi | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Redunca redunca wardi | (Thomas, 1900)
Publication
NRL Record ID
263633
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
C1
Assessment rationale/justification
Despite literature presuming this species is regionally extinct (IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist group 2008), surveys in 2010 give a total of 9 reedbuck in the Greater Virunga landscape and elsewhere also very low numbers and declining (estimated 400 in KVNP, Karenga (WCS, 2014)
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
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Threats listed in assessment
Habitat destruction, bushmeat hunting, competition and vegetation change may be contributing to decline
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Occurs within PA's, inadequate protection against hunting.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Occurs within PA's, inadequate protection against hunting.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Redunca redunca wardi | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Artiodactyla | Bovidae | Redunca |