Pardofelis marmorata | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Pardofelis marmorata | (Martin, 1837)
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327616
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
Felis marmorata (Martin,1837)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxonomic Notes
The Marbled Cat resembles with Clouded Leopard in colour and pattern. So, young Clouded Leopards are easily confused with this species.
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Marbled Cats range from the Eastern Himalayas to Upper Myanmar and the Indochinese region including areas of Northeast India, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Indonesia and Viet Nam (Medway 1969, Sunquist and Sunquist 2002). No record is available from wild; however, one individual was captured from Northeast region.
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 primarily associated with moist deciduous, semi-evergreen forest (Nowell and Jackson 1996), and may prefer hill forests (Duckworth et al.1999, Holden 2001, Grassman et al. 2005). It is solitary animal, rarely seen in the wild. In captivity the longest lifespan was maximum 12 years and 3 months (Sunquist and Sunquist 2002).
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
There are some intervening information on the presence of this species but appropriate data on abundance and/ or distribution are lacking. Therefore, it is categorized in Data Deficient.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Modinul Ahsan, Rukshana Sultana
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
Pardofelis marmorata Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Pardofelis