Balaenoptera omurai | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Taxa
Balaenoptera omurai | Wada, Oishi & Yamada, 2003
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
The global range of this recently described species, Balaenoptera omurai, is poorly known, and no estimates of abundance are available. Within UAE waters, the species is recorded from a single unconfirmed stranding in Ras Al Khaimah in March 2018 (R. Brownell Jr. pers. comm. 2018). Given the scarcity of records of the species from the UAE plausible categories span from Critically Endangered to Least Concern, and hence following IUCN guidelines the species is assessed for the UAE national Red List as Data Deficient.No regional adjustment is made to the Data Deficient assessment.
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
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. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And 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
https://www.moccae.gov.ae/assets/download/b352eff1/UNRL%20of%20Mammals%20-%20Report%202019.pdf.aspx?view=true
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
Given its occurrence in shallow waters, it may be subject to entanglement or bycatch and vessel strikes. Because the species has only recently been described and its range is poorly known, it is not yet possible to assess the type, level or extent of any threats.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
The backcasted 1996 assessment for this species is Data Deficient if its existence back then had been known.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Balaenoptera omurai | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetartiodactyla | Balaenopteridae | Balaenoptera |