NRLD - 327617 | Prionailurus bengalensis

Assessment ID

327617

Taxon name

Prionailurus bengalensis

Kerr, 1792

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Taxonomic information

Scientific name

Prionailurus bengalensis

Kerr, 1792

Common name(s)

Leopard Cat, Chita Biral

Assessed taxon level

Species

Higher level taxonomic groupings

Vertebrates

Mammals

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

chordata

Class

mammalia

Order

carnivora

Family

felidae

Genus

Prionailurus

Species

bengalensis

Species authority

Kerr, 1792

Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed

Groves (1997) suggested recognition of several distinct island subspecies on the basis of morphological analysis, including: P. b. borneoensis Brongersma, 1936 in Borneo P. b. heaneyi Groves, 1997 in Palawan island, Philippines P.b. javenensis Desmarest,

Felis bengalensis Kerr, 1792

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

Near Threatened

Abbreviated status

Criteria system used

IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification

This species does not qualify for any threatened category due to its wide distribution and unavailability of the information on its population size. The population is declining due to continual habitat destruction, hunting and conflict with human (Khan 2005, Rawshan et al. 2012). So, Leopard Cat is evaluated as Near Threatened.

Assessment details

Year assessed

2015

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)

Endemic to region

Taxon distribution as listed in assessment

Its range countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Fedaration, Singapore, Taiwan, Province of China, Thailand and Viet Nam (Nowell and Jackson 1996, Sunquist and Sunquist 2002). Leopard Cat has the widest distribution, just after the Jungle Cat, living in all three forest ecosystems, the mixed evergreen, Sal Forests and the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest of the country (Asmat 2009, IUCN 2000, Khan 1982, 1986, 2015, Khan 2004, 2008).

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

This cat occurs in a broad spectrum of habitats that include moist deciduous Sal forest, wet coastal mangrove forest and semi evergreen forest, as well as shrubs and grasslands (Khan 2005, 2008, Asmat 2009). Leopard Cat is mainly nocturnal, crepuscular and semi arboreal. Like most felids, it is opportunistic and prey on small rodents, reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish, crabs, insects, deer fawn and feeds on carrion (Khan 2004, 2008, Asmat 2009).

History

Data Deficient 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