Dusicyon australis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CARNIVORA	CANIDAE

Scientific Name:

Dusicyon australis

Species Authority:

(Kerr, 1792)

Common Name/s:

English

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Falkland Island Wolf, Falklands Wolf

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group

Evaluator/s:

Sillero-Zubiri, C. & Hoffmann, M. (Canid Red List Authority)

Justification:
Dusicyon australis was endemic to the Falkland Islands. It was discovered in 1690 and was still common when Charles Darwin visited the Falklands in 1833. Throughout the 1800s, however, the population declined drastically. The last individual is believed to have been killed in 1876.

History:

2004	–	Extinct
1996	–	Extinct
1994	–	Extinct (IUCN)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Extinct
1986	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Dusicyon australis was endemic to the Falkland Islands.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Falkland Islands (Malvinas)

Population [top]

Population:	It was discovered in 1690 and was still common when Charles Darwin visited the Falklands in 1833. Throughout the 1800s however, the population declined drastically. The last individual is believed to have been killed in 1876.

Population:

It was discovered in 1690 and was still common when Charles Darwin visited the Falklands in 1833. Throughout the 1800s however, the population declined drastically. The last individual is believed to have been killed in 1876.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems:	Terrestrial

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The species was hunted by US fur traders in the 1830s, and when Scottish settlers arrived in the 1860s and began raising sheep on the Island, D. australis was poisoned as a pest species.

Major Threat(s):

The species was hunted by US fur traders in the 1830s, and when Scottish settlers arrived in the 1860s and began raising sheep on the Island, D. australis was poisoned as a pest species.

Citation:	IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group 2008. Dusicyon australis. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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