Cabassous chacoensis

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	CINGULATA	DASYPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Cabassous chacoensis

Species Authority:

Wetzel, 1980

Common Name/s:

English	–	Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo
Spanish	–	Cabasú Chaqueño, Cabasú Chico

Taxonomic Notes:

Cabassous chacoensis has been described by Wetzel in 1982.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Published:

2010

Assessor/s:

Superina, M. & Abba, A.M.

Reviewer/s:

Aguero, J., Meritt, D.A. & Rogel, T.

Contributor/s:

Meritt, D.A. & Rogel, T.

Justification:
Cabassous chacoensis is listed as Near Threatened given an inferred population decline as a result of habitat loss and hunting, which may have approached 20-25% over the past 10 years. It almost qualifies as Threatened under criterion A2cd.

History:

2006	–	Near Threatened (IUCN 2006)
2006	–	Near Threatened
1996	–	Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	C. chacoensis has been recorded from the Gran Chaco of western Paraguay and center Argentina (Gardner 2005). It has not been recorded in Bolivia.
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Paraguay
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Population [top]

Population:	The abundance of C. chacoensis is not known. In general it is rarely sighted.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This largely fossorial species is restricted to chaco-seco (thorn forest) habitats (Meritt 1985). It is not present in cultivated areas. There is little available information on its life history and other biological characteristics.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is threatened by habitat degradation from agricultural activity, subsistence hunting for food by local people, as well as predation by dogs.

Major Threat(s):

This species is threatened by habitat degradation from agricultural activity, subsistence hunting for food by local people, as well as predation by dogs.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This armadillo species has been recorded in several Argentinean national and provincial parks.

Conservation Actions:

This armadillo species has been recorded in several Argentinean national and provincial parks.

Citation:	Superina, M. & Abba, A.M. 2010. Cabassous chacoensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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