Helarctos malayanus | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Publication
NRL Record ID
327602
Asessment status in full
Critically Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
CR
Assessment rationale/justification
There is eighty five percent loss in the potential habitat of this bear over the last four decades (Islam et al. 2013). There is one recent confirmed record of Sun Bear from Bandarban in 2015 (S.C. Rahman pers. comm.). One individual kept in captivity at Bangabandhu Safari Park, Dulahazara collected from Chittagong Hill Tracts. Although Extent of Occurrence and Area of Occupancy are beyond the threshold levels, the population is no way close to 50 mature individuals. Thus, it has been categorized as Critically Endangered.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Shayer Mahmood Ibney Alam
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).