Octodon lunatus

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	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:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2010

Assessor/s:

Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C.

Reviewer/s:

Amori , G. & Schipper, J.

Justification:

Listed as Near Threatened because this species is probably in significant decline (but probably at a rate of less than 30% over ten years) because of widespread habitat loss and degradation throughout much of its range, making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable.

History:

2008	–	Vulnerable (IUCN 2008)
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
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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 (R. 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 (R. 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 (R. Ojeda pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It does not occur within protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It does not occur within protected areas.

Bibliography [top]

	IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 29 June 2010). Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.2). Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 29 June 2010).

Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C. 2010. Octodon lunatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012.
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