Canis adustus | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Canis adustus | Sundevall, 1847
Canis adustus | Sundevall, 1846
Publication
NRL Record ID
263379
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Few sightings in normal habitat for species (savanna) but does occur ocasionally in camera trap photos in forest; e.g. in forest/grassland mosaics in Kibale concurrently with servals and in farmland near Dura swamp area (D.R. Mills), which is probably an adaptation to prey availability. However, everywhere sparse and possibly less than 2000 mature individuals therefore needs further assessment as could be threatened.
Assessment year
2016
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dr Robert Kityo; Sarah Prinsloo; Sam Ayebare; Dr Andrew Plumptre; Aggrey Rwetsiba; Waswa Sadic; Solomon Sebuliba; Herbert Tushabe
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Government
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|Government|NGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1
Criteria system used
IUCN
Criteria Citation
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2016/03/National-Redlist-for-Uganda.pdf
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Threats listed in assessment
Persectured for perceived rabies transmission and stock-killing
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: Partially within PA system.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Partially within PA system.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Canis adustus | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Canidae | Canis |
Canis adustus | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Canidae | Canis |