Mysateles garridoi

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	CAPROMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Mysateles garridoi

Species Authority:

(Varona, 1970)

Common Name/s:

English

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Garrido's Hutia

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Critically Endangered C2a(i) ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

Soy, J. & Silva, G.

Reviewer/s:

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

Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct). This species has not been seen in 30 years. Survey efforts are needed to confirm if this species still exists. If there are any individuals remaining the population would be less than 250 with less than 50 individuals in any subpopulation.

History:

1996	–	Critically Endangered
1994	–	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1986	–	Indeterminate (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1982	–	Indeterminate (Thornback and Jenkins 1982)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from a single specimen from Cayo Maja and from several collections following (Soy pers. comm.).
Countries:	Possibly extinct: Cuba
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Very little is known about the populations of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is poorly known. It has been described as arboreal, living in mangrove trees.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Although little is know about threats to this species, it can be inferred that hunting has been a serious threat to this species as with other hutia.

Major Threat(s):

Although little is know about threats to this species, it can be inferred that hunting has been a serious threat to this species as with other hutia.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The islands where this species is found occur in a mutliple-use protected area (Archipiélago de los Canarreos).

Conservation Actions:

The islands where this species is found occur in a mutliple-use protected area (Archipiélago de los Canarreos).

Citation:	Soy, J. & Silva, G. 2008. Mysateles garridoi. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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