Jaculus blanfordi | Status of South Asian Non-volant Small Mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Workshop Report

Taxa
Jaculus blanfordi | (Murray, 1884)
Jaculus blanfordi | Murray, 1884
NRL Record ID
94724
Location
Countries in Assessment
Pakistan
Country ISO code(s)
PAK
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
Blanford's Jerboa
Greater Three-toed Jerboa
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Hot and cold deserts
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes; See Molur et al. 2005
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Least Concern
Assessment status abreviation
LC
Assessment rationale/justification
Widely distributed species with a few major threats, but not serious to be categorised as Near Threatened.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Molur, S., C. Srinivasulu, B. Srinivasulu, S. Walker, P.O. Nameer and L. Ravikumar (Eds.) (2005). Status of South Asian Non-volant Small Mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Workshop Report. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South Asia, Coimbatore, 618pp.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Assessor affiliation specific
NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Threats not known for this species or the habitat where it occurs. In Syria, this species is used in falconery, it is assumed that the same might be its fate in Pakistan [Mike Jordan, pers. comm.]
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Pakistan: Baluchistan Zangi Nawar GR
Conservation measures notes: Management plans, education awareness, research on habitat status, biology, ecology, population numbers and range
Required conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Pakistan: Baluchistan Zangi Nawar GR

Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Jaculus blanfordi Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Dipodidae Jaculus
Jaculus blanfordi Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Dipodidae Jaculus