Berylmys bowersi | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Berylmys bowersi | (Anderson, 1879)
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327691
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
Taxonomic Notes
Requires taxonomic revision (Musser and Carleton 2005).
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam (Aplin et al. 2008, Chakma 2015). It has been recorded from Neweden and Munlai villages of Ruma, Bandarban (Chakma 2015). Nearly impossible to separate it from the commonly seen rats of the similar size in the country and that is possibly the reason it remained unidentified up to the time BARI-UNDP team trapped specimens in Chittagong Hill Tracts at the time of population explosion of rats following flowering of bamboos in the CHT areas during 2007-2008 (UNDP 2008, Belmain et al. 2010).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
The species has been found at upland community households.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
It is a newly recorded species from Ruma, Bandarban (Chakma 2015). No other information is available to assess this species. Thus, it has been categorized as Data Deficient.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Nikhil Chakma, Noor Jahan Sarker, Ken Aplin, Sohrab Uddin Sarker, Steven Belmain
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
Not assessed (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Berylmys bowersi Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae Berylmys