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Qatar

Official name
State of Qatar
ISO alpha-2 code
QA
ISO alpha-3 code
QAT
ISO numeric-3 code
634
Continent
Asia
Subscribe to Qatar
Assessment ID
327580
Taxon name
Vulpes zerda
Zimmermann, 1780
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Vulpes zerda
Zimmermann, 1780
Common name(s)
Fennec Fox
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
canidae
Genus
Vulpes
Species
zerda
Species authority
Zimmermann, 1780
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Data Deficient
Abbreviated status
DD
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327579
Taxon name
Vulpes vulpes
Linnaeus, 1758
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Vulpes vulpes
Linnaeus, 1758
Common name(s)
Red Fox
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
canidae
Genus
Vulpes
Species
vulpes
Species authority
Linnaeus, 1758
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
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 details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327578
Taxon name
Vulpes rueppellii
Shinz, 1825
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Vulpes rueppellii
Shinz, 1825
Common name(s)
Rüppell's Fox
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
canidae
Genus
Vulpes
Species
rueppellii
Species authority
Shinz, 1825
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
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 details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327577
Taxon name
Vulpes cana
Blanford, 1877
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Vulpes cana
Blanford, 1877
Common name(s)
Blanford's Fox
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
canidae
Genus
Vulpes
Species
cana
Species authority
Blanford, 1877
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Vulnerable
Abbreviated status
VU
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327576
Taxon name
Vormela peregusna
Guldenstaedt, 1770
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Vormela peregusna
Guldenstaedt, 1770
Common name(s)
Marbled Polecat
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
mustelidae
Genus
Vormela
Species
peregusna
Species authority
Guldenstaedt, 1770
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Not Applicable
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327575
Taxon name
Panthera pardus
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Panthera pardus
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Common name(s)
Common Leopard
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
felidae
Genus
Panthera
Species
pardus
Species authority
Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Critically Endangered
Abbreviated status
CR
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327574
Taxon name
Panthera leo
Meyer, 1862
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Panthera leo
Meyer, 1862
Common name(s)
Lion
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
felidae
Genus
Panthera
Species
leo
Species authority
Meyer, 1862
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Not Applicable
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327573
Taxon name
Mellivora capensis
Schreber, 1776
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Mellivora capensis
Schreber, 1776
Common name(s)
Honey Badger, Ratel
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
mustelidae
Genus
Mellivora
Species
capensis
Species authority
Schreber, 1776
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Near Threatened
Abbreviated status
NT
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327572
Taxon name
Meles meles
Linnaeus, 1759
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Meles meles
Linnaeus, 1759
Common name(s)
Eurasian Badger
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
mustelidae
Genus
Meles
Species
meles
Species authority
Linnaeus, 1759
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Not Applicable
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.
Assessment ID
327571
Taxon name
Ichneumia albicauda
Cuvier, 1829
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Ichneumia albicauda
Cuvier, 1829
Common name(s)
White-tailed Mongoose
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
herpestidae
Genus
Ichneumia
Species
albicauda
Species authority
Cuvier, 1829
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Arabian Peninsula
Scope (of the Assessment)
Regional (multi-national)
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates (the)
Yemen
Country ISO code(s)
KWT
OMN
QAT
SAU
ARE
YEM
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 details
Year assessed
2011
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
David Mallon and Kevin Budd
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/RL-53-001.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula
Mallon, D. and Budd, K. (eds). (2011). Regional Red List Status of Carnivores in the Arabian Peninsula. Cambridge, UK and Gland Switzerland: IUCN, and Sharjah, UAE: Environment and Protected Areas Authority vi+49pp.