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Bangladesh lost sloth bears

Claims IUCN, records two more species of birds

Staff Correspondent
Last sighted around 70 years back, the reclusive sloth bear was declared extinct yesterday by a group of scientists and conservationists working to update the conservation status of seven ani-mal groups in Bangladesh.
“We are sure," said
Mohammed Shahed Mahabub Chowdhury, project manager of Updating Species Red List of Bangladesh at the "1st Preliminary Species Assessment Sharing Workshop” in a convention centre in the capital.
Over 300 national and international experts and scientists are working under the project, being conducted by International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN), Bangladesh and Bangladesh Forest Department and funded by World Bank. It is scheduled to end around 2014-2015.
The solitary and generally nocturnal creature is a resident of South Asian forests, feeding on insects, predominantly termites, and fresh fruit. They are
threatened by habitat loss and are sometimes captured for use in performances or hunted because of their aggressive behavior and destruction of crops, states National Geographic.
The first Red List for Bangladesh of IUCN, published in 2000, did not have any data on the sloth bear (Melursus ursinus). It contained the status of 1,000
animal species (mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird and freshwater fish).
IUCN, Bangladesh is updating it, putting in the status of 1,700 animal species and including two animal species, crustacean (crab, shrimp, lobster and squid) and butterfly.
However, no significant data was revealed yesterday on the status of 239 species the project focused on in its first phase.
The experts revealed the names of two bird species, Black Eagle and Cylinder Billed Gull, which make their home in Bangladesh but were not officially recorded.
They also stated sighting, the last time being in Sylhet 132 years ago, a butterfly called Jungle Glory in Thanchi upazila of Bandarban district.
Yunus Ali, chief conservator of forest, Bangladesh Forest Department, was present as chief guest.