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Desmana moschata

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List of Habitats:
5 Wetlands (inland)
5.1 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
5.5 Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha)
List of Conservation Actions:
1 Land/water protection
1.1 Site/area protection (in place)
2 Land/water management
2.1 Site/area management (in place)
5 Law & policy
5.4 Compliance and enforcement
5.4.4 Scale unspecified (in place)
List of Threats:
2 Agriculture & aquaculture
2.1 Annual & perennial non-timber crops
2.1.4 Scale Unknown/Unrecorded
5 Biological resource use
5.1 Hunting & trapping terrestrial animals
5.1.1 Intentional use (species is the target)
5.2 Gathering terrestrial plants
5.2.4 Motivation Unknown/Unrecorded
5.4 Fishing & harvesting aquatic resources
5.4.3 Unintentional effects: (subsistence/small scale)
7 Natural system modifications
7.2 Dams & water management/use
7.2.8 Abstraction of ground water (unknown use)
7.3 Other ecosystem modifications
8 Invasive & other problematic species & genes
8.1 Invasive non-native/alien species
8.1.1 Unspecified species
9 Pollution
9.3 Agricultural & forestry effluents
9.3.4 Type Unknown/Unrecorded
11 Climate change & severe weather
11.2 Droughts
11.4 Storms & flooding
Citation: Tsytsulina, K., Formozov, N., Sheftel, B. & Zagorodnyuk, I. 2008. Desmana moschata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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