The Status of Nepal's Mammals: The National Red List Series - IUCN

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Honey Badger
Mellivora capensis
Indian Pangolin
Manis crassicaudata
Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens
Sloth Bear
Melursus ursinus
Smooth-coated Otter
Lutrogale perspicillata
Snow Leopard
Panthera uncia
Spotted Linsang
Prionodon pardicolor
Striped Hyaena
Hyaena hyaena
Swamp Deer
Rucervus duvaucelii
Water Buffalo
Bubalus arnee
A total of 208 mammal species have been recorded to occur in Nepal. Of these 23% are considered to be
Nationally Threatened with extinction, with 4% of species considered Critically Endangered, 12%
Endangered and 7% Vulnerable. A further 3% are considered Near Threatened, meaning they are likely to
qualify for a threatened category in the near future. Thirty-five percent of Nepal’s mammals are considered
Least Concern, and 38% are considered Data Deficient (Figure 3).
The status of species classified as Data Deficient is uncertain, as the true category of risk is unclear and in fact
many of these species could actually be highly threatened. If we assume that the Data Deficient species are
threatened in the same proportion as data sufficient species we can get a rough estimate of the
proportion of Data Deficient species that could be threatened. This would be between 23% (as a lower
estimate, considering all Data Deficient species to be Least Concern) to 61% (as an upper estimate,
considering all Data Deficient species to be Threatened) with a midpoint of 36%.