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

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VU Axis axis, Chital 3 10,13,20 23
Boselaphus tragocamelus, Nilgai 3 4,8 13,20 23
Bos gaurus, Gaur 3 11,13,19
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Equus kiang, Kiang 20
Herpestes urva, Crab-eating Mongoose 2 13,15,17
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Lynx lynx, Lynx 2 7,8,9 13,20 22
Muntiacus vaginalis, Barking Deer 3 10,13,19
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Myotis sicarius, Mandelli’s Mouse-eared Bat 3 13,14,19 24
Panthera pardus, Leopard 2 6,7,8,9 13 25
Philetor brachypterus, Short-winged Pipistrelle 3 13,14,19 24
Prionailurus bengalensis, Leopard Cat 3 7,8,9 13
Rusa unicolor, Sambar 3 10,13,19 23
Vulpes bengalensis, Bengal Fox 2 7,8,9,11 13
Format of Species Accounts
Scientific name (Authority)
Subspecies in Nepal
The binomial names for species is based on a reviewed and agreed list of species at the national mammal
workshop in April 2010 and follows international rules of zoological nomenclature.
Common Names
(English); (Nepali)
Synonyms
Where applicable
Species Description
A description of the species. Species descriptions are taken, with permission, from Baral, H.S and Shah, K.B.
(2008) Wild Mammals of Nepal. Himalayan Nature, Kathmandu. With the exception of Mus phillipsi, Sorex
excelsus, Myotis nipalensis, Miniopterus pusillus and Eonycteris spelaea, whose descriptions are taken from the
original descriptions.
Species Ecology
A description of habitats in which the species occurs, diet and reproductive traits (when available).
Conservation Status
Global: Global risk of extinction. Based on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010.
National: Extinction risk of species in Nepal. Using the ‘IUCN Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1’ (IUCN 2001)
applied at the regional level using ‘Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional Levels:
Version 3.0’ (IUCN, 2003). Species extinction risk was assessed and confirmed in the national workshop for
Nepal mammals held in April 2010. Where species are endemic to Nepal the assessment will be identical
to that of the global assessment. Rationale for assessment: Rationale for the selected threat status for the
species, to be read in conjunction with the criteria summary sheet.
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