Kannabateomys amblyonyx

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	ECHIMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Kannabateomys amblyonyx

Species Authority:

(Wagner, 1845)

Common Name/s:

English

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Atlantic Bamboo Rat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Catzeflis, F., Patton J., Percequillo, A., Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M.

Evaluator/s:

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

Justification:
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category. It is locally threatened in specific sites, but not at the species scale.

History:

1996

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Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in south eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and Misiones province in northeast Argentina (Eisenberg and Redford 1999).
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Species is naturally very rare. The ecological density is about 4.28 individuals per km² in Rio Grande do Sul State, southern Brazil (Silva 2005).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This is a nocturnal and arboreal species which occurs in moist tropical forests, in bamboo thickets near to water. Stallings et al. (1994) conducted surveys in the Biological Reserve of Poço das Antas, Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil and determined a home range can reach up to 1,000 m², with densities up to 1.47 per km².
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This rodent is locally threatened by habitat destruction in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Major Threat(s):

This rodent is locally threatened by habitat destruction in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in some protected areas. Ongoing studies are being conducted by Emerson Vieira and Sergio Lucena.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in some protected areas. Ongoing studies are being conducted by Emerson Vieira and Sergio Lucena.

Citation:	Catzeflis, F., Patton J., Percequillo, A., Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. 2008. Kannabateomys amblyonyx. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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