Crocidura littoralis | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Taxa
Crocidura littoralis | Heller, 1910
Publication
NRL Record ID
263419
Asessment status in full
Near Threatened
Assessment status abreviation
NT
Assessment rationale/justification
Could be restricted range in Uganda as only known from the North-western shores of Lake Albert between Butiaba and the Victoria Nile (mainly Bugungu WR). Appears fairly common in this location but EOO and abundance/status uncertain
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
Habitat degradation, burning
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures: None, Bugungu WR poorly protected.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: None, Bugungu WR poorly protected.
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Crocidura littoralis | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Eulipotyphla | Soricidae | Crocidura |