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NRLD - 263434 | Crocuta crocuta

Assessment ID
263434
Taxon name
Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben, 1777)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Crocuta crocuta
(Erxleben, 1777)
Common name(s)
Spotted Hyaena
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
hyaenidae
Genus
Crocuta
Species
crocuta
Species authority
(Erxleben, 1777)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Uganda
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Critically Endangered
Abbreviated status
CR
Qualifying criteria (if given)
C1
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Estimated total populations 324 - 211 QENP, 38 MFNP, 75 KVNP (Large Carnivore Action Plan 2010) with very few elsewhere, assume at least 40% juvenile) and numbers known to still be declining
Assessment details
Year assessed
2016
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dr Robert Kityo; Sarah Prinsloo; Sam Ayebare; Dr Andrew Plumptre; Aggrey Rwetsiba; Waswa Sadic; Solomon Sebuliba; Herbert Tushabe
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
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
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Wide range, savanna, woodland except desert, forest
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Deliberate persecution, Poisoning, predator competition, disease
Publication
Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Behangana, M., Prinsloo, S., Plumptre, A., Tushabe, H., Ayebare, S., Sekisambu, R. and Conslate, A. 2016. Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda. WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society).