Taxon name
Felis chaus
Schreber, 1777
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Felis chaus
Schreber, 1777
Common name(s)
Jungle Cat, Swamp Cat, Reed Cat, Ban Biral, Wab, Bon Bilai, Gara
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
Schreber, 1777
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Jungle Cat has been separated into 10 subspecies (Nowell and Jackson 1996, Sunquist and Sunquist 2002, Wozencraft 2005) of these, Felis chaus kutas (Pearson 1832) occurs in Bangladesh (Srnivasulu and Srinivasulu 2012).
Felis shawiana Blanford, 1876
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
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Near Threatened
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
This species does not fulfill any of the criteria to qualify threatened categories due to its wide range and presumably large population size. But due to continual habitat destruction, poaching and human-cat conflict (Rawshan et al. 2012) the population trend is now decreasing. Thus, this species has been evaluated as Near Threatened.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Mohammad Sultan Ahmed
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)
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Central Asia, Southern Asia and Africa. It has the widest distribution among all the cat species being present in village groves and in all forest ecosystems, barring man-made mangrove forests in Bangladesh (Khan 2015, Khan 2008, IUCN 2003).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
In Bangladesh, the Jungle Cat inhabits variety of habitats namely bushes, forests, swamps, cultivation and near human settlements (Khan 2008). The Jungle Cat is mainly nocturnal, crepuscular and solitary. It commonly consumes rodents, lizards, snakes, frogs, fish, insects, livestock and even fruits. Breeds during December-March (Sunquist and Sunquist 2002, Khan 1987, 2008, Ahmed et al. 2009).
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Publication
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
