Catopuma temminckii | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Catopuma temminckii | (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Catopuma temminckii | (Vigors and Horsfield, 1827)
Publication
NRL Record ID
327599
Asessment status in full
Vulnerable
Assessment status abreviation
VU
Assessment rationale/justification
There are several confirmed records of the species in the southeast (Chittagong Hill Tracts) and northeast (Greater Sylhet), which are based on freshly hunted specimens, skins and camera-trap images. The AOO is <2,000 km2 , and the EOO and the quality of habitat are known to be declining. Moreover, the species is hunted for meat in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Therefore, the species has been categorized as Vulnerable.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
M. Monirul H. Khan
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Academic
Assessor affiliation specific
Academic|NGO
Criteria system specifics
IUCN v3.1 + Regional Guidelines v4.0
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; IUCN (2012) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://iucnredlistbd.org/
Endemic to region
No
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: No
Conservation Measures
Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:
History
Critically Endangered in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catopuma temminckii | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | Catopuma |
Catopuma temminckii | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | Catopuma |