Juscelinomys candango

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Juscelinomys candango

Species Authority:

Moojen, 1965

Common Name/s:

English

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Candango Mouse

Synonym/s:

Juscelinomys talpinus Winge, 1887

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Leite, Y. & Patterson, B.

Evaluator/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
This species is listed as Extinct because it has not been recorded since 1960, and exhaustive surveys in suspected habitat throughout its historic range have failed to record an individual. The entire region surrounding the type locality (now Brasila) has been converted from native habitats to an urban center with extensive ongoing suburban sprawl. The species likely went extinct shortly after being discovered.

History:

1996	–	Lower Risk/near threatened
1994	–	Endangered (IUCN)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was described in 1965 and is known only by type locality: Central Brazil, Federal District, Brasilia, Parque Zoobotanico, at 1,030 m (Musser and Carleton, 1993).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Brazil
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Many studies have attempted to collect this species in the wild but no individuals have been recorded in the last 48 years (Marinho-Filho pers. comm.).

Population:

Many studies have attempted to collect this species in the wild but no individuals have been recorded in the last 48 years (Marinho-Filho pers. comm.).

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	A semi-fossorial species first discovered in 1960 on the site of the capital, Brasília, which at the time was under construction; the species has not been collected since even after many attempts specifically to locate remaining populations.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species has not been seen since discovered and is presumed to be extinct, as the entire region where it was discovered has been converted to a city and more recently urban sprawl.

Major Threat(s):

This species has not been seen since discovered and is presumed to be extinct, as the entire region where it was discovered has been converted to a city and more recently urban sprawl.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is considered to be extinct.

Conservation Actions:

This species is considered to be extinct.

Citation:	Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. 2008. Juscelinomys candango. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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