Procapra picticaudata

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	CETARTIODACTYLA	BOVIDAE

Scientific Name:

Procapra picticaudata

Species Authority:

Hodgson, 1846

Common Name/s:

English	–	Goa, Tibetan Gazelle
French	–	Gazelle Du Tibet
Spanish	–	Gecela Del Tibet

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Mallon, D.P. & Bhatnagar, Y.V.

Reviewer/s:

Mallon, D.P. (Antelope Red List Authority) & Hoffmann, M. (Global Mammal Assessment)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Near Threatened as the overall rate of decline is estimated to have reached around 20% over three generations (almost qualifies as threatened under criterion A2de), i.e. since 1992, due to (illegal) hunting, growing competition with domestic livestock, and government policy of fencing rangelands (all factors that have increased over the past five years).

History:

2007	–	Near Threatened
2003	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2003)
2003	–	Least Concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Occurs across virtually the whole Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (China), extending a small distance into two adjoining areas of India (Ladakh, Sikkim). Over 99% of its range lies in China (Jiang and Wang 2001). Occurs up to at least 5,750 m asl (Smith and Xie in press).
Countries:	Native: China (Qinghai, Tibet [or Xizang], Xinjiang); India (Jammu-Kashmir, Sikkim)
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Population [top]

Population:	Schaller (1998) suggested that the total population in China on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau may be around 100,000, but noted that numbers could not be estimated with any degree of accuracy.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Inhabits high-altitude plains, hills, and stony plateaux. Also grazes in wetland margins. Lives singly or in small groups of 3 to 20 animals, gathering in larger herds during migrations to higher summer pastures (Smith and Xie in press).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Habitat loss through development of rangeland and increases in domestic livestock is probably the principal threat. Some are killed for their meat and heads/horns are occasionally seen for sale. Fencing of rangeland is an increasing threat locally that restricts movement and access to forage and is systematically excluding gazelles from parts of their former range, especially in the east. Road building has also opened previously remote areas to grazing and (illegal) hunting. The much smaller Indian population also has been severely reduced mainly through past hunting followed by increased competition with livestock (Bhatnagar et al. 2006; Namgail et al. 2006).

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss through development of rangeland and increases in domestic livestock is probably the principal threat. Some are killed for their meat and heads/horns are occasionally seen for sale. Fencing of rangeland is an increasing threat locally that restricts movement and access to forage and is systematically excluding gazelles from parts of their former range, especially in the east. Road building has also opened previously remote areas to grazing and (illegal) hunting. The much smaller Indian population also has been severely reduced mainly through past hunting followed by increased competition with livestock (Bhatnagar et al. 2006; Namgail et al. 2006).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Occurs in Chang Tang, Kekexili, Arjin Shan, Qomolangma, and Sanjiangyuan nature reserves, China.

Conservation Actions:

Occurs in Chang Tang, Kekexili, Arjin Shan, Qomolangma, and Sanjiangyuan nature reserves, China.

Citation:	Mallon, D.P. & Bhatnagar, Y.V. 2008. Procapra picticaudata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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