Lagostomus crassus

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA RODENTIA CHINCHILLIDAE

Scientific Name: Lagostomus crassus
Species Authority: Thomas, 1910

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C.
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 is only known from one skull collected in southern Peru. A living specimen has not been located during any surveys.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: Known only by a single skull from southern Peru, presumably of an animal that lived in recent times (Nowak, 1999).
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
Peru

Population [top]

Population: The is no population data on this species.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: There is nothing known about the ecology of this species.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): Nothing is known of the threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: None
Citation: Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C. 2008. Lagostomus crassus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 November 2009.
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