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NRLD - 327714 | Tupaia glis

Assessment ID
327714
Taxon name
Tupaia glis
(Diard, 1820)
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Tupaia glis
(Diard, 1820)
Common name(s)
Common Tree Shrew, Gecho Chhucho
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
scandentia
Family
tupaiidae
Genus
Tupaia
Species
glis
Species authority
(Diard, 1820)
Taxonomic notes and synonyms listed
Tupia belangeri lepcha Thomas, 1922
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
Bangladesh
Country ISO code(s)
BGD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Endangered
Abbreviated status
EN
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
This species is widely but thinly distributed in the Sal and mixed evergreen forests of the country (Khan 1987, 2015). Its EOO and AOO are much larger than the threshold level. As it is a forest dwelling species, its habitat is continuously shrinking and being degraded due to faulty forestry policies, practices and lumber poaching. On these bases, it has been assessed as Near Threatened.
Assessment details
Year assessed
2015
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Md. Kamrul Hasan
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)
Endemic to region
No
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Southeast Asia, including Thailand through the Malayan Peninsula into Indonesia (Han 2008). It is found in mixed evergreen forests of northeast and southeast as well as deciduous Sal forests in the central and northern part of the country (Kamruzzaman 2009, Khan 2008).
Is there a map available in assessment?
Yes, in the publication/on website
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Habitat
Habitat details as listed in assessment
It inhabits primary and mature secondary mixed evergreen and deciduous Sal forests. It is tolerant to some degree of habitat modifications (Kamruzzaman 2009, Han 2008). It spends time both in trees and on the ground, moves very fast and feeds on arthropods, fruits and leaves.
History
Data Deficient in Bangladesh (IUCN Bangladesh 2000).
Publication
Red List of Bangladesh Volume 2: Mammals
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