Felis chaus | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Felis chaus | Schreber, 1777
Publication
NRL Record ID
327601
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.
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 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/
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Felis chaus | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | Felis |