Akodon molinae

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	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Akodon molinae

Species Authority:

Contreras, 1968

Common Name/s:

English

–

Molina's Grass Mouse

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G.

Evaluator/s:

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

Justification:
This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

History:

1996

–

Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in southern Argentina: from Mendoza to Buenos Aires Provinces south to Chubut Province (Musser and Carleton 2005).
Countries:	Native: Argentina
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	It is a common species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs in jarillal or creosote shrublands dominated by Larrea divaricata and L. cuneifolia (Corbalan and Ojeda 2005). It is also found in pasturelands and rocky fields from 500 m asl (Pardiñas et al. 2004).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	Species uses dense vegetative cover as refuge and increased grazing of livestock has led to declines in local abundances (Tabeni and Ojeda 2005).

Major Threat(s):

Species uses dense vegetative cover as refuge and increased grazing of livestock has led to declines in local abundances (Tabeni and Ojeda 2005).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is included in several protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It is included in several protected areas.

Citation:	Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G. 2008. Akodon molinae. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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