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Srilankamys ohiensis | Status of South Asian Non-volant Small Mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Workshop Report
Restricted in extent of occurrence and area of occupancy, few and fragmented locations, with major threats affecting habitat area and quality.
Assessment year
2005
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Molur, S., C. Srinivasulu, B. Srinivasulu, S. Walker, P.O. Nameer and L. Ravikumar (Eds.) (2005). Status of South Asian Non-volant Small Mammals: Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (C.A.M.P.) Workshop Report. Zoo Outreach Organisation, CBSG-South
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Assessor affiliation specific
NGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
Supplementary Links
Zoo Outreach Organisation; Threatened Taxa Monitoring System; South Asian Bat Monitori
Endemic to region
Yes
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Yes
Threats listed in assessment
Habitat loss and degradation due to expansion of agriculture, clear-cutting, natural disasters like forest fire in Horton Plains, under growth clearing (in Knuckles Range), predation by domestic carnivores
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Sri Lanka: Central Province Horton Plains N P, Knuckles Range FR Sabaragamuwa Province Delwala FR, Sinharaja FR
Conservation measures notes: Formulation and implementation of national level legislative actions, site-based action plans in Protected Areas, research towards monitoring trends, range and numbers of population, status of the habitat, biology and ecology
Required conservation measures: Species is present in the following protected area(s): Sri Lanka: Central Province Horton Plains N P, Knuckles Range FR Sabaragamuwa Province Delwala FR, Sinharaja FR