A. Species
Scientific name: Tamiops mcclellandii
Common name(s): Himalayan striped squirrel
Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern
B. Location of use
Geographic location(s):
- Nagaland
Country/Region:
C. Scale of assessment
Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State
Name/Details of location: Tuensang
D. Timescale of use
Start Year: 2009
End Year: 2010
E. Information about the use
How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Type of use: Extractive
Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals
Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal
Does this use involve take/extraction of: The whole entire organism
Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed
Motivation of use: Basic subsistence and Income generation from trade (individual/household/community)
Is this use legal or illegal?: Legal under national law and unknown
F. Information about the Users
Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people
G. Information about the sustainability of use
Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: No, sustainability not determined
Details of assessment carried out: person opinion
Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: "The combined effects of degraded forests and excessive hunting, particularly of birds with air guns, the rapid decline in animal populations, the drying up of water resources and the declining availability of wood and wild vegetables resulted in a self-evolved change in resource use as early as the 1950s in many villages in Nagaland."
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded
Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species
no
Record source
Information about the record source: own_res_data_knowledge
Date of publication/issue/production: 2013-01-01T00:00:00+0000
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Date of record entry: 2024-08-08