Crocidura ludia | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Crocidura ludia | Hollister, 1916
Crocidura ludia |
Location
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Dramatic Shrew
Ludia's Shrew
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Bundibugyo District
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Restricted to lowland rainforests. It inhabits isolated gallery forest patches in savanna.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
IUCN does not list for Uganda and only 2 known Ugandan specimens from 'Bundibugyo' at the Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, so current status in Uganda is unclear.
About the assessment
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
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
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Habitat degradation, scarcity of habitat
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Unknown
Scientific Name
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Crocidura ludia
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Eulipotyphla
Soricidae
Crocidura
Crocidura ludia
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Insectivora
Soricidae
Crocidura
