Leptailurus serval | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Leptailurus serval | (Schreber, 1776)
Leptailurus serval | Schreber, 1776
Publication
NRL Record ID
263533
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Regular sightings reported but still very little known of numbers and range. Likely to be declining, possibly rapidly. Their populations may be linked to Uganda's extensive papyrus/swamp network and would be affected by clearance as with sitatunga. 20 captures recorded in 3 months along the Dura/Njuguta swamps in Kanyawara community through Kiko tea plantation. There are also quite a few in the grassland/forest mosaic areas of Kibale (D.R. Mills).
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 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
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Threats listed in assessment
Wetland habitat loss and degradation and burning, both leading to scarcity of prey. (percieved depredation behaviour), bushmeat hunting also reduces prey base
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Partially within PA system.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Partially within PA system.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leptailurus serval | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | Leptailurus |
Leptailurus serval | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | Leptailurus |