Herpestes urva | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Herpestes urva | (Hodgson, 1836)
Publication
NRL Record ID
327605
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is only found in and around mixed evergreen forests of northeast and southeast of the country. This species does not fulfill any criteria of threatened categories, however, Area of Occupancy is less than 10,000 km2 and the population is reducing due to the gradual destruction of the habitat. Thus, it has been categorized as Near Threatened.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz
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
Endangered in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Herpestes urva | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Herpestidae | Herpestes |