Prionailurus viverrinus | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Taxa
Prionailurus viverrinus | (Bennett, 1833)
Publication
NRL Record ID
327618
Asessment status in full
Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is widely distributed with low population density. Based on its existing threat, it is suspected that more than 50% of its population has been declined during the last two decades. Its Area of Occupancy and habitat quality have been reduced and the process is still continuing. Thus, it has been categorized as Endangered.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Mohammed Mostafa Feeroz
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
Endangered in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Scientific Name | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prionailurus viverrinus | Animalia | Chordata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Felidae | Prionailurus |