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Table 2 Present conservation status of animals mentioned in Table 1 and the paper (according to IUCN 2010 Red list of Threatened Species Version 2010.4)

From: Vertebrates used for medicinal purposes by members of the Nyishi and Galo tribes in Arunachal Pradesh (North-East India)

Species

Status

Remarks

Pisces:

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Anguilla bengalensis (Gray, 1831)[Synonym: Muraena bengalensis Gray, 1831]

  

Semiplotus sp.

Data Deficient Ver 3.1

The specimen was not identified up to species level. In the place four species has been recorded Semiplotus cirrhosus, S. manipurensis, S. modestus (Burmese Kingfish) and Cyprinion semiplotum (Assamese Kingfish) [Synonym: Cyprinus semiplotus]. The present status for all except C. semiplotum is data deficient, Ver 3.1; for C. semiplotum Vulnerable, Ver 3.1

Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton. 1822)

Near Threatened Ver 3.1

 

Amblyceps sp.

--

The specimen could not be identified to species level

Psilorhynchus balitora Hamilton 1822

--

 

Amphibia:

Hoplobatrachus tigrinus (Daudin, 1802) [Synonym: Rana tigrina Daudin, 1802]

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Reptilia:

Python molurus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lower Risk/Near Threatened Ver 3.2

 

Naja sp.

--

The specimen was not identified to species level. However two species of Naja have been reported, Naja kaouthia (Monocled cobra) and Naja oxiana (Central Asian Cobra). For N. kaouthia the present status is Least Concern Ver 3.1 and for N. oxiana it is Data Deficient Ver 3.1

Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Aves:

Aceros nipalensis (Hodsgon, 1829)

Vulnerable A2cd+ 3cd+ 4cd Ver 3.1

 

Aceros undulatus (Shaw, 1811)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Buceros bicornis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Near Threatened Ver 3.1

 

Anthracoceros albirostris (Shaw & Nodder, 1807)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Corvus splendens (Vieillot, 1817)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Spilornis cheela (Latham, 1790)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Bubo nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Bubo bubo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Least concern Ver 3.1

 

Mammalia:

Bos frontalis

  

Capra hircus (Linnaeus, 1758)

--

 

Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Talpa sp

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Vulpes bengalensis (Shaw, 1800)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Canis aureus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Canis lupus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Hystrix sp

--

The specimen was not identified to species level.

Manis pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)

Endangered A2d+ 3d+ 4d Ver 3.1

 

Herpestes javanicus (E. Geoffroy Saint- Hilaire, 1818) [Synonym: Herpestes palustris Ghose, 1965]

Least Concern Ver 3.1

 

Moschus chrysogaster (Hodgson, 1839) [Synonym: Moschus sifanicus Buchner, 1891]

Endangered A2cd Ver 3.1

 

Moschus moschiferus (Linnaeus, 1758) [Synonym: Moschus sibiricus Pallas, 1779]

Vulnerable A2d + 3d+ 4d Ver 3.1

 

Rusa unicolor (Kerr, 1792) [Synonym: Cervus unicolor Kerr, 1792]

Vulnerable A2cd+ 3cd+ 4cd Ver 3.1

 

Ursus thibetanus (G. [Baron] Cuvier, 1823) [Synonym: Selenarctos thibetanus]

Vulnerable A2cd+ 3d+ 4d Ver 3.1

 

Selenarctos thibetanus

  

Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Endangered A2bcd+ 4bcd+ C1+ 2a(i)Ver 3.1

 

Neofelis nebulosa (Griffith, 1821)

Vulnerable C1+ 2a(i) Ver 3.1

 

Panthera pardus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Near Threatened Ver 3.1

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