Crocidura maurisca | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda

Taxa
Crocidura maurisca | Thomas, 1904
Publication
Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
NRL Record ID
263423
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
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (Mubwindi and Ngoto Swamps), Echuya Forest Reserve, Entebbe Municipality
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Montane sedge swamps of Albertine Rift
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
D2
Assessment rationale/justification
Only recorded with certainty in 6 locations, 1 in Burundi, 1 in DRC, rest in Uganda. Type locality Entebbe but not recorded since and possibly not collected there (Kingdon et al 2013), Exceedingly rare but potentially common in restricted favoured habitat.
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
Yes
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Yes
Endemism specifics: Albertine Rift Endemic
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Unknown
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Swamps reasonably protected in PA system.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Swamps reasonably protected in PA system.

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