Felis chaus | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Felis chaus | Schreber, 1777
NRL Record ID
327601
Location
Countries in Assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
RRL Synonyms
Felis shawiana Blanford, 1876
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
Jungle Cat has been separated into 10 subspecies (Nowell and Jackson 1996, Sunquist and Sunquist 2002, Wozencraft 2005) of these, Felis chaus kutas (Pearson 1832) occurs in Bangladesh (Srnivasulu and Srinivasulu 2012).
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Central Asia, Southern Asia and Africa. It has the widest distribution among all the cat species being present in village groves and in all forest ecosystems, barring man-made mangrove forests in Bangladesh (Khan 2015, Khan 2008, IUCN 2003).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
In Bangladesh, the Jungle Cat inhabits variety of habitats namely bushes, forests, swamps, cultivation and near human settlements (Khan 2008). The Jungle Cat is mainly nocturnal, crepuscular and solitary. It commonly consumes rodents, lizards, snakes, frogs, fish, insects, livestock and even fruits. Breeds during December-March (Sunquist and Sunquist 2002, Khan 1987, 2008, Ahmed et al. 2009).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
This species does not fulfill any of the criteria to qualify threatened categories due to its wide range and presumably large population size. But due to continual habitat destruction, poaching and human-cat conflict (Rawshan et al. 2012) the population trend is now decreasing. Thus, this species has been evaluated as Near Threatened.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Mohammad Sultan Ahmed
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.
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
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Felis chaus Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Felis