Anathana ellioti | Status of South Asian Non-volant Small Mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Workshop Report

Taxa
Anathana ellioti | (Waterhouse, 1850)
Anathana ellioti | Waterhouse, 1850
Publication
Status of South Asian Non-volant Small Mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Workshop Report
NRL Record ID
94548
Location
Countries in Assessment
India
Country ISO code(s)
IND
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Madras Tree Shrew
South Indian Tree Shrew­
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
India
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Tropical dry deciduous scrub and forested tracts
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Molur et al. 2005
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Widely distributed species with major threats affecting its habitat and/or population, although not enough to be categorised as Vulnerable.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Molur, S., C. Srinivasulu, B. Srinivasulu, S. Walker, P.O. Nameer and L. Ravikumar (Eds.) (2005). Status of South Asian Non-volant Small Mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Workshop Report. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South Asia, Coimbatore, 618pp.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Assessor affiliation specific
NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
Supplementary Links

Zoo Outreach Organisation; Threatened Taxa Monitoring System; South Asian Bat Monitoring Programme

Endemism
Endemic to region
Yes
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Yes
Endemism specifics: Country Endemic
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Wood plantations, small-scale logging, clear-cutting, human settlement, road transport, mortality due to road kills, dams, local harvest for medicinal use
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): India: Andhra Pradesh: Eturnagaram WS, Gundlabrahmeshwaram Metta WS, Kawal WS, Nagarjunasagar Srisailam TR: Madhya Pradesh: Bori WS and NP, Pench (Priyadarshini) N P, Pench NP: Maharashtra: Tadoba NP: Orissa: Chandaka Dampara WS, Satkosia Gorge WS
Conservation measures notes: Management plans, education awareness
Required conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): India: Andhra Pradesh: Eturnagaram WS, Gundlabrahmeshwaram Metta WS, Kawal WS, Nagarjunasagar Srisailam TR: Madhya Pradesh: Bori WS and NP, Pench (Priyadarshini) N P, Pench NP: Maharashtra: Tadoba NP: Orissa: Chandaka Dampara WS, Satkosia Gorge WS

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Anathana ellioti Animalia Chordata Mammalia Scandentia Tupaiidae Anathana
Anathana ellioti Animalia Chordata Mammalia Scandentia Tupaiidae Anathana