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Crocuta crocuta | Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda

Publication
Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
NRL Record ID
263434
Location
Countries in Assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Queen Elizabeth National Park, Murchison Falls National Park, Lake Mburo National Park, Kidepo Valley National Park, Pian Upe Wildlife Reserve
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Wide range, savanna, woodland except desert, forest
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Critically Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
CR
Assessment status criteria
C1
Assessment rationale/justification
Estimated total populations 324 - 211 QENP, 38 MFNP, 75 KVNP (Large Carnivore Action Plan 2010) with very few elsewhere, assume at least 40% juvenile) and numbers known to still be declining
About the assessment
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
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
Endemism
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
Deliberate persecution, Poisoning, predator competition, disease
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures: Within Protected Area system.
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures: Within Protected Area system.