Taxon name
Cannomys badius
Hodgson, 1841
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Cannomys badius
Hodgson, 1841
Common name(s)
Bay Bamboo Rat, Lesser Bamboo Rat, Bansh Idur, Indoor
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
Hodgson, 1841
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
The species represents morphological variation seasonally, and then it is considered as a complex of several species. Therefore, some authorities suggested that a taxonomic revision is needed.
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
Only few records are available from Chittagong Hill Tracts (Khan 2008, 2015). It might be present in other hilly areas of the northeast and southeast of the country. Sufficient information is not available to assess this species. Thus, it is categorized as Data Deficient.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Ummay Habiba Khatun
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
The Lesser Bamboo Rat is distributed from Sumatra and Malay Peninsula in the south through Nepal (up to 2,000 m), northeast India, Bhutan, Southeast Bangladesh, Myanmar, South China (Yunnan), Northwest Viet Nam, Thailand and Cambodia (Francis 2008, Musser and Carleton 2005). Few records are available from Chittagong Hill Tracts in the southeast of Bangladesh. It might be found in other hilly areas in the east, northeast and southeast of Bangladesh.
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 lives in bamboo thickets, forests, grassy areas, and gardens in hilly or mountainous regions, at elevations up to 4,000 meters. They can burrow different types of soil, from loose well drained to hard and stony soil (Carleton and Musser 1984, Nevo 1999, Nowak 1999). It feeds on young grass, leaves and bamboo roots and shoots. Usually spends daytime in its holes and burrows, coming out at evening and forage widely through bamboo bushes (UNDP Bangladesh 2008).
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
