Neotoma bunkeri

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Neotoma bunkeri

Species Authority:

Burt, 1932

Common Name/s:

English

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Bunkers Woodrat, Bunker's Woodrat, Coronados Island Woodrat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T.

Reviewer/s:

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

Justification:
Listed as Extinct because the species has not been recorded since 1931, despite exhaustive surveys.

History:

1996	–	Endangered
1994	–	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Endangered (IUCN 1990)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from the type locality in Baja California Sur: Coronados Island (26°06’N, 111°18’W), México (Musser and Carleton 2005).
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Mexico
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Population [top]

Population:	No population information could be found. No extant individuals, midden piles, or other evidence have been observed in recent expeditions (Smith et al. 1993).

Population:

No population information could be found. No extant individuals, midden piles, or other evidence have been observed in recent expeditions (Smith et al. 1993).

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	Unknown.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Depletion of food resources and predation by feral cats has been cited as likely causes of the extirpation of this species (Smith et al. 1993).

Major Threat(s):

Depletion of food resources and predation by feral cats has been cited as likely causes of the extirpation of this species (Smith et al. 1993).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	None.

Conservation Actions:

None.

Bibliography [top]

	Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. Smith, F. A., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Biardi, J. and Strong, M. 1993. Anthropogenic extinction of the endemic woodrat, Neotoma bunkeri Burt. Biodiversity Letters 1: 149-155.

Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.

Smith, F. A., Bestelmeyer, B. T., Biardi, J. and Strong, M. 1993. Anthropogenic extinction of the endemic woodrat, Neotoma bunkeri Burt. Biodiversity Letters 1: 149-155.

Citation:	Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T., Castro-Arellano, I. & Lacher, T. 2008. Neotoma bunkeri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012.
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