Ichneumia albicauda | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Taxa
Ichneumia albicauda | (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment status criteria
D
Assessment rationale/justification
The White-tailed Mongoose occurs in the north of the UAE mainly in the mountains but is also known from some sites in the plains. The lack of recent sightings makes it difficult to determine the population size, but it is estimated that there are fewer than 250 mature individuals and hence it is assessed as Endangered (EN) under criterion D. Any potential rescue effect is thought to be insignificant.
Assessment year
2018
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
UAE National Red List Workshop
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
Government
IGO
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|IGO
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. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. iv + 32pp pp. And 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
https://www.moccae.gov.ae/assets/download/b352eff1/UNRL%20of%20Mammals%20-%20Report%202019.pdf.aspx?view=true
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Threats listed in assessment
May be subject to persecution by poultry farmers. Habitat in the Hajar Mountains is being lost, degraded and fragmented by quarrying, road building, and residential and tourism development. As the presence of the species appears to be linked to permanent water, the disappearance of freshwater habitats and decreasing water tables in wadis due to over-abstraction might be a potential threat. Red Foxes are increasing their range in the mountains and may be a competitor or predator.
Conservation Measures
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History
The population is suspected to have declined due to habitat loss and degradation, fragmentation, and competition with increasing populations of Vulpes vulpes. Whilst it was assessed as Endangered by Hornby (1996), we consider it likely that there were >250 individuals in 1996, and so back-cast the category to Vulnerable (VU D1).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Ichneumia albicauda | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Herpestidae | Ichneumia |