Endangered species of Uganda
E. equatorialis female cone. (Peter Heibloem, Cycad Gardens, via http://www.pacsoa.org.au/wiki/Encephalartos_equatorialis)
Endangered species of Uganda include a number of taxa identified by the Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). It should be noted that throughout the world there are only a small fraction of species adequately described and analyzed to articulate the totality of threatened species. Some estimates place the number of threatened species one to two orders of magnitude higher than IUCN lists, simply due to the large number of species that have not yet been described or analyzed.
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IUCN classification system
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species provides information on plants and animals that have evaluated against a number of criteria designed to determine their relative risk of extinction. Species for which their is sufficient data are ranked on a scale:
- Extinct (EX)
- Extinct in the Wild (EW)
- Critically Endangered (CR)
- Endangered (EN)
- Vulnerable (VU)
- Near Threatened (NT)
- Least Concern (LC)
Only a small number of the world's plant and animal species have been assessed. However, amphibians, birds, mammals, freshwater crabs, warm-water reef building corals, conifers and cycads have been comprehensively assessed. Species within the categories of Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN), and Vulnerable (VU) are termed threatened.
As of July 10, 2009, the IUCN database included 196 threatened species in Uganda which are listed here. Over time, Encyclopedia of Earth articles will be developed for each species.
Plant species
Critically endangered plants
- Afrothismia winkleri
- Diospyros katendei
- Encephalartos equatorialis
Endangered plants
- Brazzeia longipedicellata
- Dialium excelsum
- Dracaena ombet
- Lovoa swynnertonii
Vulnerable plants
- Afzelia africana
- Afzelia bipindensis
- Albizia ferruginea
- Antrocaryon micraster
- Beilschmiedia ugandensis
- Cola bracteata
- Cordyla richardii
- Crassocephalum bauchiense
- Deschampsia angusta
- Encephalartos macrostrobilus
- Encephalartos whitelockii
- Entandrophragma angolense
- Entandrophragma cylindricum
- Entandrophragma utile
- Euphorbia bwambensis
- Guarea cedrata
- Guarea mayombensis
- Hallea stipulosa
- Khaya anthotheca
- Khaya grandifoliola
- Khaya senegalensis
- Lophira alata
- Lovoa trichilioides
- Memecylon bequaertii
- Mikaniopsis vitalba
- Millettia lacus-alberti
- Nauclea diderrichii
- Ocotea kenyensis
- Pavetta intermedia
- Prunus africana
- Secamone racemosa
- Turraeanthus africanus
- Vitellaria paradoxa
Detail on selected species
|
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Species Family |
IUCNStatus |
| Mammals | |||
| Cheetah (Hunting Leopard) | Acinonyx jubatus | Felidae (cats) | VU |
| Birds | |||
| Karamoja Apalis | Apalis karamojae | Cisticolidae | VU |
| Madagascar Pond-heron (Madagascar Squacco Heron) |
Ardeola idae | Ardeidae | EN |
| Shoebill or Whale-headed Stork | Balaeniceps rex | Balaenicipitidae | VU |
| Fishes | |||
| Astatotilapia sp. nov. 'shovelmouth' | Cichlidae | EN | |
| Amphibians | |||
| (type of frog) | Afrixalus orophilus | Hyperoliidae | VU |
| Molluscs | |||
| Aspatharia divaricata | Mutelidae | VU | |
| Plants | |||
| Afzelia | Afzelia africana | Leguminosae (legumes) | VU |
| Afzelia bipindensis | Leguminosae (legumes) | VU | |
| Albizia | Albizia ferruginea | Leguminosae (legumes) | VU |
| Antrocaryon | Antrocaryon micraster | Anacardiaceae | VU |
References
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- Hamilton, A. (1969) The vegetation of South West Kigezi. Uganda Journal 33(2): 175-99 (unseen).
- Hamilton, A. (1984) Deforestation in Uganda. Nairobi: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 0195725476.
- Harcourt, A.H. (1979) Conservation of the Bwindi Forest Reserve and its Gorillas, S.W. Uganda. WWF/IUCN Project 1577 Report.
- Hamilton, A.,Cunningham,T.,Byarugaba, D.& Kayanja, F. (2003) Conservation and conflict in Uganda. Common Ground. University of Maine, U.S.A.
- Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler) (2002). 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Cambridge, U.K. ISBN: 2831705657.
