Ctenomys saltarius

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CTENOMYIDAE

Scientific Name:	Ctenomys saltarius
Species Authority:	Thomas, 1912
Common Name/s: English – Salta Tuco-tuco

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Published:	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. Further taxonomic information may change species status in the future.
History:	1996 – Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in northern Argentina in Salta and Jujuy Provinces (Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005). Type locality is uncertain but in the province of Salta (Lessa pers. comm.). There is only one known locality (Lessa and Bidau pers. comm.).
Countries:	Native: Argentina
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information available on the population status of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is no information available about the ecology and habitat requirements of this species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

There is no information available on any threats to this species.

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.

Bibliography [top]

IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008). 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.