Panthera pardus | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Panthera pardus | (Linnaeus, 1758)
Publication
NRL Record ID
263598
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment status criteria
C1+2(i)
Assessment rationale/justification
May need careful examination; although widely occuring, numbers and observations are scarce. Increased reports on leopard incidences with local community (inferred due to both increasing population in AOO and decreasing natural habitat and prey species in AOO). Population size in any Park presumed less than 200, occurence outside PAs presumed to be very rare. Inferred maximum population size less than 10,000, but may be less than 2500, therefore requires study nationally. Have been completely extirpated from Kibale and Bwindi (D.R Mills). Causes unknown and needs urgent assessment as may also have occured elsewhere and would point to very significant persecution.
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
Human-wildlife conflict, hunting, habitat loss,
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Landscape species not confined to PAs, but reasonably protected within PAs.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Landscape species not confined to PAs, but reasonably protected within PAs.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panthera pardus | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | Panthera |