Mellivora capensis | UAE National Red List of Mammals: Marine and Terrestrial
Taxa
Mellivora capensis | (Schreber, 1776)
Asessment status in full
Data deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
The population status and distribution of the Honey Badger in the UAE is uncertain. It is known from a small number of historical and recent records from southern and western Abu Dhabi Emirate and recent sightings from low relief areas within the Hajar Mountains. It is thus assessed as Data Deficient. The species may have a marginal occurrence in the UAE, with a global range that extends from northwestern Africa to Central Asia. No regional adjustment is made to the Data Deficient assessment.
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
Subject to generalised persecution of carnivores. No information specific to UAE is available.
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Whilst Hornby (1996) listed this species as Critically Endangered, at that time the species' occurrence in the UAE was unconfirmed as only tracks had been reported in the 1940s and once in 1996. Since that time there has been a record of three specimens which confirms its presence, but nothing more is known. The backcasted 1996 assessment for this species is, therefore, Data Deficient.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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Mellivora capensis | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Mustelidae | Mellivora |