Axis porcinus | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Axis porcinus | (Zimmermann, 1780)
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327583
Location
Countries in Assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Nepal and Pakistan (Timmins et al. 2012). The Hog Deer was considered as an extinct species in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000). It has been disappeared from the Sundarbans (Salter 1984) and has not been reported from the Sylhet District, in the northeast, since the 1970s (Khan 2004). After a long period with no records, an animal was trapped by local people in 2002 (Khan 2004). Further surveys suggested that a few Hog Deer remained in the Chitagong Hill Tracts of the southeast (Khan 2004, Khan 2015). Recently five individuals have been collected from Chittagong Hill Tracts and kept in Bangabandhu Safari Park, Dulahazara.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Presently, it inhabits denuded mixed evergreen forest, especially grass-reed field dominated savanna country that has taken over areas which became barren due to removal of indigenous forests in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Where undisturbed, Hog Deer tends to be crepuscular, with significant daytime activity and some at night, especially in the hot and wet seasons (Dhungel and O'Gara 1991). In some areas it seems to have become more nocturnal and solitary, presumably through hunting pressure. The main social group is a female and fawn (Timmins et al. 2012).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Critically Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
CR
Assessment rationale/justification
Earlier it was considered as an extinct species in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000). In the recent past, five individuals have been re-discovered from Chittagong Hill Tracts when some indigenous hill-dwelling people took a few fawn for raising at home with a view to slaughtering these when reached adulthood. On the basis of these scanty report and earlier predictions, the species is categorized as Critically Endangered.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Kamrul Hasan
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
Criteria system
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/
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
Extinct in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000)
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Axis porcinus Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetartiodactyla Cervidae Axis