Neophocaena phocaenoides | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Neophocaena phocaenoides | (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Neophocaena phocaenoides | G. Cuvier, 1829
Publication
NRL Record ID
327624
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is found in brackish water in the Sundarbans mangrove swamps, coastal and marine waters of the Bay of Bengal. No population size reduction or decline is known. Its Extent of Occurrence is 25,237 km2 (>20,000 km² threshold) and Area of Occupancy is 14,344 km2 (extremely higher than 2,000 km² threshold). Total population size is 1,382 individuals (number of calf is unknown) in coastal waters in the Bay of Bengal (Smith et al. 2008) which is larger than the threshold level. It does not fulfill any of the criteria to qualify threatened categories this species has been categorized as Near Threatened based on its existing threats.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Zahangir Alom
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neophocaena phocaenoides | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Phocoenidae | Neophocaena |
Neophocaena phocaenoides | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Phocoenidae | Neophocaena |