Ctenomys colburni

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	CTENOMYIDAE

Scientific Name:

Ctenomys colburni

Species Authority:

J.A. Allen, 1903

Common Name/s:

English

–

Bolburn's Tuco-tuco, Colburn's Tuco-tuco

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s:

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

Reviewer/s:

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

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient due to continuing uncertainty on the species distribution, threats and conservation measures. This species is suspected to be threatened, however, there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirement; thus it is not possible to assess the species against criteria for threat.

History:

1996

–

Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in Argentina in the extreme western portions of Santa Cruz Province (Woods and Kilpatrick 2005). The species is only known from the type locality (Bidau and Lessa pers. comm.)
Countries:	Native: Argentina
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Population [top]

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

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in Patagonian steppes (Lessa pers. comm.)
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The threats to this species, if any, are unknown.

Major Threat(s):

The threats to this species, if any, are unknown.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	There is no information available about any conservation measures being made to protect this species. Further research is necessary to clarify the true status of this species. This species is considered Endangered in Argentina (Ojeda and Diaz 2000).

Conservation Actions:

There is no information available about any conservation measures being made to protect this species. Further research is necessary to clarify the true status of this species. This species is considered Endangered in Argentina (Ojeda and Diaz 2000).

Citation:	Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. 2008. Ctenomys colburni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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