Manis crassicaudata | Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
Publication
NRL Record ID
327674
Asessment status in full
Critically Endangered
Assessment status abreviation
CR
Assessment rationale/justification
This species is rare and currently reported to be found only in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. It is highly exploited for its meat and body parts which are used for medicinal purposes and is under continuous threat of hunting and poaching, therefore, it qualifies for Critically Endangered category.
Assessment year
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Farzana Islam
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).