Taxon name
Vandeleuria oleracea
Bannett 1832
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Vandeleuria oleracea
Bannett 1832
Common name(s)
Asiatic Long-tailed Climbing Mouse, Gecho Nengti Indur
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Species authority
Bannett 1832
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
The species considered as a complex of several species; so, further taxonomic study is important to qualify the species.
Mus oleraceus Bennett, 1832; Mus domesticola Hodgson, 1845; Vandeleuria badius Blyth, 1859
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Bangladesh
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Critically Endangered
Criteria system used
IUCN
(see Assessment details)
Assessment rationale/justification
There is little information available on the species barring that it is restricted to the forests of the country. As such it has wide Extent of Occurrence and Area of Occupancy. There is no specific threat declining the species in near future and therefore, the species is listed as Least Concern.
Assessment details
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Ummay Habiba Khatun
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; 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/
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
This species is widely distributed in the main land Southeast Asia and southern China. In Southeast Asia, the species ranges from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka (up to 200 to 1,500 m asl), Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia into Viet Nam (Molur et. al. 2008, Musser and Carleton 2005). In China, it is limited to Southwest Yunnan (Smith and Xie 2008). Wide range of distribution all over the country, only in the forested habitats, especially in the bamboo bushes (Khan 2015).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
Typical habitats are forest and forest edges, densely vegetated bamboo bushes, and sun-grass fields and found even with the harvested remains in agricultural fields (Molur et al. 2005). They are mostly arboreal and usually inhabits forest and forest edge.
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Publication
IUCN Bangladesh. 2015. Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals. IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp. xvi+232
