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NRLD - 327700 | Millardia meltada

Assessment ID
327700
Taxon name
Millardia meltada
(Gray, 1837)
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Millardia meltada
(Gray, 1837)
Common name(s)
Soft-furred Rat, Mated Field Rat, Softfurred Field Rat, Metho Idur
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
rodentia
Family
muridae
Genus
Millardia
Species
meltada
Species authority
(Gray, 1837)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Golunda meltada (Gray, 1837); Mus lenuginosus (Eliot, 1839); Mus listoni (Wroughton, 1907)
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
Least Concern
Abbreviated status
LC
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
This rat is widely distributed all over the country and no visible threat exists. It does not meet any criteria to qualify threat categories. So, it is considered as Least Concern.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Habibon Naher
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
Endemic to South Asia, known from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (Molur et al. 2005). It is widely distributed throughout the country (Kamruzzaman 2009, Khan 1982, 2015).
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 found in tropical and subtropical dry deciduous forests, tropical grasslands, irrigated croplands and grasslands with gravel, agricultural lands, water courses, embankments, dry rocky hills (Molur et al. 2005). It lives in pairs or small colonies in self-dug out burrows. It can reproduce throughout the year (Kamruzzaman 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