Table 1 Large-bodied carnivores, shown in open cells, and small-bodied carnivores shown in shaded cells, that will suffer the most extensive range losses under opposing scenarios of present and future land use change.

From: Global priorities for national carnivore conservation under land use change

Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status & pop. trend	Present – Prop Rem	Future – Ranking & Prop Rem	Geographic range
1) Sloth bear	Melursus ursinus	Ursidae	VU ↓	0.575	↔ 1 (0.335)	India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Bhutan
2) Red Wolf	Canis rufus	Canidae	CE ↑	0.624	↔ 2 (0.606)	USA
3) Sunda Clouded Leopard	Neofelis diardi	Felidae	VU ↓	0.742	↓ 9 (0.727)	South East Asia
4) Ethiopian wolf	Canis simensis	Canidae	EN ↓	0.783	↑ 3 (0.650)	Ethiopia
5) Dhole	Cuon alpinus	Canidae	EN ↓	0.805	↑ 4 (0.666)	Central and Eastern Asia
6) Asiatic Black Bear	Ursus thibetanus	Ursidae	VU ↓	0.859	↓ 8 (0.723)	Asia
7) Striped Hyaena	Hyaena hyaena	Hyaenidae	NT ↓	0.861	↓ 13 (0.792)	Africa & Asia
8) Clouded Leopard	Neofelis nebulosa	Felidae	VU ↓	0.873	↑ 7 (0.722)	South East Asia
9) Gray wolf	Canis lupus	Canidae	LC ↔	0.877	↓ 14 (0.813)	North America, Europe, Asia
10) African Clawless Otter	Aonyx capensis	Mustaelidae	LC ↔	0.881	↑ 6 (0.721)	sub-Saharan Africa
11) Tiger	Panthera tigris	Felidae	EN ↓	0.887	↓ 12 (0.773)	Asia
12) Giant Panda	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Ursidae	EN ↓	0.893	↑ 5 (0.716)	China
15) Leopard	Panthera pardus	Felidae	NT ↓	0.894	↑ 11 (0.771)	Africa & Asia
16) Spotted Hyena	Crocuta crocuta	Hyaenidae	LC ↓	0.897	↑ 10 (0.766)	sub-Saharan Africa
1) Javan Ferret Badger	Melogale orientalis	Mustelidae	DD ?	0.417	↓ 11 (0.364)	Indonesia
2) Malabar Civet	Viverra civettina	Viverridae	CE ?	0.453	↔ 2 (0.258)	India
3) Ruddy Mongoose	Herpestes smithii	Herpestidae	LC ↓	0.469	↓ 5 (0.268)	India, Sri Lanka
4) Rusty-spotted Cat	Prionailurus rubiginosus	Felidae	VU ↓	0.476	↑ 3 (0.259)	India, Sri Lanka
5) Stripe-necked Mongoose	Herpestes vitticollis	Herpestidae	LC ↔	0.481	↑ 4 (0.265)	India, Sri Lanka
6) Bengal Fox	Vulpes bengalensis	Canidae	LC ↓	0.495	↔ 6 (0.314)	Bangladesh; India; Nepal; Pakistan
7) Egyptian Weasel	Mustela subpalmata	Mustelidae	LC ↔	0.518	↓ 17 (0.452)	Egypt
8) Indian Grey Mongoose	Herpestes edwardsii	Herpestidae	LC ?	0.522	↑ 7 (0.345)	Asia
9) Indian Brown Mongoose	Herpestes fuscus	Herpestidae	VU ↓	0.532	↑ 8 (0.346)	India, Sri Lanka
10) Brown Palm Civet	Paradoxurus jerdoni	Viverridae	LC ?	0.541	↔ 10 (0.363)	India
11) Nilgiri Marten	Martes gwatkinsii	Mustelidae	VU ↓	0.546	↓ 25 (0.499)	India
13) Red-tailed Phascogale	Phascogale calura	Dasyuridae	NT ↓	0.567	↑ 9 (0.351)	Australia
48) Harris’s Olingo	Bassaricyon lasius	Procyonidae	DD ↓	0.768	↑ 12 (0.390)	Costa Rica
77) Subtropical Antechinus	Antechinus subtropicus	Dasyuridae	LC ↔	0.818	↑ 1 (0.237)	Australia

Non-consecutive numbers in the first column correspond to species that are presently not in the top 11 species that suffered the largest range loss, but will be in the top 11 under future land use change. Prop Rem is the proportion of original range remaining. Ranking starts from the species losing more range. Arrows indicate change in rank. Additional information on species’ conservation status, population trend and range was retrieved from: http://www.iucnredlist.org/.

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Table 1 Large-bodied carnivores, shown in open cells, and small-bodied carnivores shown in shaded cells, that will suffer the most extensive range losses under opposing scenarios of present and future land use change.

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