Hyperacrius wynnei

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Hyperacrius wynnei

Species Authority:

(Blanford, 1881)

Common Name/s:

English

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Murree Vole

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O.

Evaluator/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Cox, N. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

1996

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Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is restricted to Sardalla in Jammu and Kashmir, India (Agrawal 2000) and to Murree hills in Punjab and five locations in North Western Frontier Province, Pakistan (Roberts 1997) at elevations of 1,800 to 3,000 m asl (Molur et al. 2005). It is estimated to have a very wide distribution in the region (Molur et al. 2005).
Countries:	Native: India; Pakistan
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	There is no information available on the population abundance of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is a nocturnal, crepuscular, herbivorous and gregarious vole. It is seen in temperate forests where it inhabits the grassy slopes (Molur et al. 2005).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is threatened in parts of its range by habitat loss and degradation due to expansion of intensive farming, planting of apple orchards and potato crops. It is also threatened by increasing human settlement in the region (Roberts 1997).

Major Threat(s):

This species is threatened in parts of its range by habitat loss and degradation due to expansion of intensive farming, planting of apple orchards and potato crops. It is also threatened by increasing human settlement in the region (Roberts 1997).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species has not been recorded from any protected areas. Additional studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, general ecology and threats to this little-known species.

Conservation Actions:

The species has not been recorded from any protected areas. Additional studies are needed into the distribution, abundance, general ecology and threats to this little-known species.

Citation:	Molur, S. & Nameer, P.O. 2008. Hyperacrius wynnei. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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