Nesokia indica | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Nesokia indica | (Gray, 1830)
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327704
Location
Countries in Assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
RRL Synonyms
N. hardwickei (Gray, 1837); N. griffithi (Horsfield, 1851); N. boettgeri (Radde and Walter, 1889); N. brachyura (Büchner, 1889); N. bacheri (Nehring, 1897); N. bailwardi (Thomas, 1907); N. beaba (Wroughton, 1908); N. buxtoni (Thomas, 1919); N. dukelskiana
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic,Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. (Molur et al. 2005). Northwest of Bangladesh, Dhaka. It is partial to sugarcane and soyabean fields (Khan 1982, 2015).
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It is known to prefer sugarcane and soyabean fields in the northwestern parts of the country. It is nocturnal and fossorial.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Data Deficient
Assessment status abreviation
DD
Assessment rationale/justification
According to Blyth (1863) this species was distributed in lower Bengal. Poché et al. (1982) mentioned that the Short Tailed Mole Rat (Nesokia indica) had the most restricted distribution being found only in well drained areas of northwestern Bangladesh. According to Khan (1982, 2015), Sarker and Sarker (1988) this species is uncommon in Bangladesh, but they did not mention local range or exact and probable location. Sufficient information is not available to assess this species. Thus, it is categorized as Data Deficient.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Sakhawat Hossain
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
Criteria system
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/
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Nesokia indica Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Muridae Nesokia