Taxon name
Berylmys bowersi
(Anderson, 1879)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Berylmys bowersi
(Anderson, 1879)
Common name(s)
Bower's white-toothed Rat, Zungnam (Bawm language), Sadadant Indur (Khan 2015)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
(Anderson, 1879)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Requires taxonomic revision (Musser and Carleton 2005).
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
Data Deficient
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
It is a newly recorded species from Ruma, Bandarban (Chakma 2015). No other information is available to assess this species. Thus, it has been categorized as Data Deficient.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Nikhil Chakma, Noor Jahan Sarker, Ken Aplin, Sohrab Uddin Sarker, Steven Belmain
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
It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam (Aplin et al. 2008, Chakma 2015). It has been recorded from Neweden and Munlai villages of Ruma, Bandarban (Chakma 2015). Nearly impossible to separate it from the commonly seen rats of the similar size in the country and that is possibly the reason it remained unidentified up to the time BARI-UNDP team trapped specimens in Chittagong Hill Tracts at the time of population explosion of rats following flowering of bamboos in the CHT areas during 2007-2008 (UNDP 2008, Belmain et al. 2010).
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
The species has been found at upland community households.
History
Not assessed (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
