Pseudorca crassidens | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals

Taxa
Pseudorca crassidens | (Owen, 1846)
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
NRL Record ID
327628
Location
Countries in Assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Assessed taxon level
Species
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
In tropical, subtropical and warm temperate waters, mainly offshore (Taylor et al. 2008). Offshore waters and Swatch of No-ground.
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It inhabits mainly offshore and deep marine waters. It is very social, rapidly approaches boats and very active and playful animal.
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 only two sightings of Pseudorca crassidens have been reported: first one with about 30 individuals in the Swatch of No-ground in 2011, and second one with about 40 individuals in the offshore south of S. Martin's Island in 2012. One carcass was reported in the Daily Azadi newspaper of Chittagong on 28 December, 2010. There is no information available on its population size, threats or population trend. Thus, the species has been assessed as Data Deficient.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Zahangir Alom
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
Not assessed yet (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Pseudorca crassidens Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetartiodactyla Delphinidae Pseudorca