Abrocoma bennettii

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	ABROCOMIDAE

Scientific Name:

Abrocoma bennettii

Species Authority:

Waterhouse, 1837

Common Name/s:

English

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Bennett's Chinchilla Rat

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	D'elia, G. & Ojeda, R.
Reviewer/s:	Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern, although there are some threats within its range, it is a very widespread species and is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in Chile from Copiapo to the area of Rio Biobio, from sea level up to 2,000 m asl (Woods and Kilpatrick 2005).
Countries:	Native: Chile
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Population [top]

Population:	The population size of this species is not known.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs on the western Andean slopes in Mediterranean scrub habitat (Braun and Mares, 2002).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are possible threats from mining and tourism activities in the Andes area. Further threats are posed by agricultural activities on central valleys and cordillera de la Costa (G. D'elia pers. comm.).

Major Threat(s):

There are possible threats from mining and tourism activities in the Andes area. Further threats are posed by agricultural activities on central valleys and cordillera de la Costa (G. D'elia pers. comm.).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species occurs in four protected areas: Los Cipreses, Rio Blanco, Las Chinchillas and Bosque Fray Jorge.

Conservation Actions:

The species occurs in four protected areas: Los Cipreses, Rio Blanco, Las Chinchillas and Bosque Fray Jorge.

Citation:	D'elia, G. & Ojeda, R. 2008. Abrocoma bennettii. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 May 2013.
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