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NRLD - 220584 | Megaptera novaeangliae

Assessment ID
220584
Taxon name
Megaptera novaeangliae
(Borowski, 1781)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Megaptera novaeangliae
(Borowski, 1781)
Common name(s)
Baleine à bosse
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
cetacea
Family
balaenopteridae
Genus
Megaptera
Species
novaeangliae
Species authority
(Borowski, 1781)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
France (La Réunion)
Scope (of the Assessment)
Subnational
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
France
Reunion
Country ISO code(s)
FRA
FR-974
RE
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Vulnerable
Abbreviated status
VU
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
EN (B2ab(iii) D) (-1)
Assessment details
Year assessed
2010
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
IUCN French Committee & National Museum for Natural History
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://inpn.mnhn.fr/docs/LR_FCE/Liste_rouge_faune_de_La_Reunion.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
La liste rouge des especes menacees en France - Faune de la Reunion
UICN France, MHNH, SEOR, ARDA, Insectarium de la Reunion, GLOBICE & Kelonia (2013). La liste rouge des especes menacees en France - Faune de la Reunion. Paris, France