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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description: This species is present in India in Assam (Golaghat), Nagaland (Kekrima and Naga Hills), and Manipur (Bishenpur, Senapati, and Imphal); north and central Myanmar, and southern China (Yunnan W of the Salween river) (Molur et al. 2005; Musser and Carleton 2005; Smith and Xie 2008).
Countries occurrence:
Native:
China; India; Myanmar
Estimated area of occupancy (AOO) - km2: >2,000
Lower elevation limit (metres): 80
Upper elevation limit (metres): 1650
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Population [top]
Population: In central Myanmar, it is fairly common in forests; most available information comes from India from the early 1900s (Musser and Newcomb 1983).
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
?Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology: It has been recorded from evergreen rainforest, oak-scrub associations (with or without tall grass), riverine meadow, riverine scrub, never trapped in human habitations or cultivated fields (Musser and Newcomb 1983) In South Asia, it occurs in subtropical montane forests, high altitude scrublands and grasslands where it is seen among patches with oak scrub and bamboo (Molur et al. 2005).
Systems: Terrestrial
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s): The major threat is likely to be forest loss, since it is dependent on forest habitats much of which has been extensively deforested due to logging and expanding human settlement in the region. It is probably hunted for food in India as an incentive to keep rodent populations down during bamboo flowering in 2007-2008 (S. Molur pers. comm.).
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions: It is not known whether it occurs in any protected areas in Myanmar, although it probably does occur in some. It is not known from any of the protected areas within its range in India (Molur et al. 2005). It is listed in the Schedule V (considered as vermin) of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Citation: Lunde, D., Aplin, K. & Molur, S. 2008. Berylmys manipulus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T2770A9479578. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T2770A9479578.en. Downloaded on 01 February 2016.
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