Crocidura littoralis | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda

Taxa
Crocidura littoralis | Heller, 1910
Publication
Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
NRL Record ID
263419
Location
Countries in Assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Bugungu Wildlife Reserve, Butiaba (Masindi District)
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Sub-tropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Could be restricted range in Uganda as only known from the North-western shores of Lake Albert between Butiaba and the Victoria Nile (mainly Bugungu WR). Appears fairly common in this location but EOO and abundance/status uncertain
About the assessment
Assessment year
2016
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dr Robert Kityo; Sarah Prinsloo; Sam Ayebare; Dr Andrew Plumptre; Aggrey Rwetsiba; Waswa Sadic; Solomon Sebuliba; Herbert Tushabe
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Government
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|Government|NGO
Criteria system
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. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2016/03/National-Redlist-for-Uganda.pdf
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Habitat degradation, burning
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: None, Bugungu WR poorly protected.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: None, Bugungu WR poorly protected.

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Crocidura littoralis Animalia Chordata Mammalia Eulipotyphla Soricidae Crocidura