Nycticebus bengalensis | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Nycticebus bengalensis | (Lacépède, 1800)
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327683
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
Nycticebus cinereus Milne Edwards, 1867; Nycticebus incanus Thomas, 1921; Nycticebus tenasserimensis Elliot, 1913
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
This taxon was formerly considered a subspecies of Nycticebus coucang.
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Native to Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam (Streicher et al. 2008). This species is rare and currently distributed in mixed evergreen forests of northeast and southeast only.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
This species is nocturnal. Sleeps during day in tree holes or inside dense vegetation to avoid direct sunlight. Occurs solitarily or in pairs. Territorial and marks its territory by urine splashed on tree or wherever it lives (Khan 1981). This Loris moves very slowly. It feeds on insects, small vertebrates, fruits and gums. This species breeds year-round (Khan 2008).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment rationale/justification
This species has a restricted distribution only in the mixed evergreen forests of northeast, east and southeast of the country. So, it is inferred that at least 50% of its population has been reduced due to the decline of its AOO, EOO, over the last two decades or so, unprecedented changes in habitat qualities and potential level of exploitation that are continuing unabated. It has been wiped out from its former range in the Sal forests (Khan 1987). Thus, it has been categorized as Endangered.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Kamrul Hasan
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
Critically Endangered in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Nycticebus bengalensis Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Lorisidae Nycticebus