Akodon molinae
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | RODENTIA | CRICETIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Akodon molinae | |||
| Species Authority: | Contreras, 1968 | |||
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Assessed: | 2008 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) | |||
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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. |
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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). |
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Native:
Argentina
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Population [top]
| Population: | It is a common species. |
| Population Trend: |
Decreasing
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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). |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | It is included in several protected areas. |
Bibliography [top]
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Corbalan, V. E. and Ojeda, R. A. 2005. Areas de accion en un ensamble de roedores del desierto del monte (Mendoza, Argentina). Mastozoología Neotropical 12(2): 145-152. Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. Pardinas, U. F. J., Abba, A. M. and Merino, M. L. 2004. Micromam¡feros (Didelphimorphia Y Rodentia) Del Sudoeste De La Provincia De Buenos Aires (Argentina): taxonomy distribucion. Mastozoología Neotropical 11(2): 211-232. Tabeni, S. and Ojeda, R. A. 2005. Ecology of the Monte Desert small mammals in disturbed and undisturbed habitats. Journal of Arid Environments 63: 244-255. |
| Citation: | Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G. 2008. Akodon molinae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012. |
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