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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This poorly-known species has been reported from Assam in northeast India, adjacent northern Myanmar, and is additionally known from isolated, apparently disjunct, records in southern China (Sichuan Province), southern Myanmar and southern Viet Nam. There has be some sampling over parts of the potential range, and it appears to be possible that this is present only as patchy isolated populations, that may represent distinct undescribed taxa. It is an upland species that has a rough altitudinal range of 1,200 to 3,000 m asl.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
China; India; Myanmar; Viet Nam
Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) - km2: > 2,000
Lower elevation limit (metres): 1000
Upper elevation limit (metres): 3000
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Population [top]
Population: It appears to be a locally abundant species in Assam, India, inferred from the number of specimens collected.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It is a nocturnal and fossorial species occurring in subtropical montane evergreen and moist deciduous forests (Molur et al. 2005).
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The threats to this poorly-known species in Southeast Asia are not known. In South Asia, the major threats include habitat loss, fragmentation, logging, fires and encroachment (Molur et al. 2005).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It is recorded from Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Molur et al. 2005). In Southeast Asia, it is not known if it is present in any protected areas. It is listed in the Schedule V (considered as vermin) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, abundance, ecology, and threats to this poorly-known species.
Citation: Aplin, K., Lunde, D., Musser, G., Frost, A. & Molur, S. 2008. Berylmys mackenziei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T2769A9479399. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T2769A9479399.en. Downloaded on 01 February 2016.
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