Dusicyon australis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Bibliography

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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 Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group

Reviewer/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 (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
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)
Range Map:	Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

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.

Bibliography [top]

	Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (comps and eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA and London, UK. Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D. W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (comps and eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Nowak, R. M. 1999. Walker's Mammals of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA and London, UK.

Sillero-Zubiri, C., Hoffmann, M. and Macdonald, D. W. (eds). 2004. Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group, IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Citation:	IUCN SSC Canid Specialist Group 2008. Dusicyon australis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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