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NRLD - 327599 | Catopuma temminckii

Assessment ID
327599
Taxon name
Catopuma temminckii
(Vigors and Horsfield, 1827)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Catopuma temminckii
(Vigors and Horsfield, 1827)
Common name(s)
Asian Golden Cat, Asiatic Golden Cat, Golden Cat, Temminck's Cat, Shonalee Biral
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
felidae
Genus
Catopuma
Species
temminckii
Species authority
(Vigors and Horsfield, 1827)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Felis temminckii Vigors and Horsfield, 1827; Pardofelis temminckii (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Bangladesh
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Vulnerable
Abbreviated status
VU
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
There are several confirmed records of the species in the southeast (Chittagong Hill Tracts) and northeast (Greater Sylhet), which are based on freshly hunted specimens, skins and camera-trap images. The AOO is <2,000 km2 , and the EOO and the quality of habitat are known to be declining. Moreover, the species is hunted for meat in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Therefore, the species has been categorized as Vulnerable.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
M. Monirul H. Khan
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; 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/
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
It is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Viet Nam (Sanderson et al. 2008). There are several confirmed records of the species in the southeast (Chittagong Hill Tracts; Khan 2008, S.C. Rahman pers comm. 2014) and northeast (Greater Sylhet; H.A. Rahman pers. comm. 2014), which are based on freshly hunted specimens, skins and cameratrap images. Khan (1982) collected the first skin of it from Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It is nocturnal and carnivorous. It feeds mainly on mammals (small and medium-sized), birds and lizards; also rarely kills domestic goats. Births occur in hollows on the ground, rock and tree. It produces a litter of 1-3 kittens after a gestation period of about 80 days. Cubs reach sexual maturity in about two years (Asmat 2009).
History
Critically Endangered in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+232