Octodon lunatus

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	OCTODONTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Octodon lunatus

Species Authority:

Osgood, 1943

Common Name/s:

English

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Moon-toothed Degu

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A2c 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:
Listed as Vulnerable because of a population decline, estimated to be more than 30% over the last ten years, inferred from over-exploitation, shrinkage in distribution, and habitat destruction and degradation.

History:

1996

–

Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in Chile in the coastal mountains of Valparaiso, Aconcagua, and Coquimbo Provinces (Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005).
Countries:	Native: Chile
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	It is thought that there has been a population decline in the last 10 years.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits rocky and dense coastal scrublands (Ojeda pers. comm.).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The major threat to this species is loss of habitat to agricultural expansion and livestock grazing. Urban expansion is also a threat for the species (Ojeda pers. comm.).

Major Threat(s):

The major threat to this species is loss of habitat to agricultural expansion and livestock grazing. Urban expansion is also a threat for the species (Ojeda pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It does not occur within protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It does not occur within protected areas.

Citation:	Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C. 2008. Octodon lunatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 March 2010.
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