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NRLD - 263366 | Aepyceros melampus

Assessment ID
263366
Taxon name
Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein, 1812)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Aepyceros melampus
(Lichtenstein, 1812)
Common name(s)
Impala
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
artiodactyla
Family
bovidae
Genus
Aepyceros
Species
melampus
Species authority
(Lichtenstein, 1812)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Uganda
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Uganda
Country ISO code(s)
UGA
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Endangered
Abbreviated status
EN
Qualifying criteria (if given)
B2b(i,ii,iii,iv)
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
EOO and AOO only 1 location, Lake Mburo is 370km2 and area outside in rapid decline and does not exceed 500km2 total. Decline from 1992 with 18,700 to 1999 with 1500, but recovered somewhat to approximately 3500 in 2006 (aerial survey UWA). Note: Populations translocated from Lake Mburo to Katonga Widlife Reserve in 2013 have not been included.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2016
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Dr Robert Kityo; Sarah Prinsloo; Sam Ayebare; Dr Andrew Plumptre; Aggrey Rwetsiba; Waswa Sadic; Solomon Sebuliba; Herbert Tushabe
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp.
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.nationalredlist.org/files/2016/03/National-Redlist-for-Uganda.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Lake Mburo National Park, surrounding rangeland in Nyabushozi and Kazo counties
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Savanna
Threats and conservation measures listed
Threats listed in assessment
Poaching, human pressure on habitat within and outside Protected Area, possible disease currently under study?
Publication
Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda
Behangana, M., Prinsloo, S., Plumptre, A., Tushabe, H., Ayebare, S., Sekisambu, R. and Conslate, A. 2016. Nationally Threatened Species for Uganda. WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society).