Ratufa bicolor | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Ratufa bicolor | (Sparrman, 1778)
Publication
NRL Record ID
327710
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is uncommon and restricted mainly to the mixed evergreen forests in the northeast and southeast of the country. Severe pressure on forest areas for timber extraction and due to many other anthropogenic factors its habitat is rapidly shrinking. Its Extent of Occurrenceis smaller than 5000 km2. Therefore, it qualifies for Vulnerable category.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
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/
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ratufa bicolor | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Sciuridae | Ratufa |