Allactaga tetradactyla

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	DIPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Allactaga tetradactyla

Species Authority:

(Lichtenstein, 1823)

Common Name/s:

English

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Four-toed Jerboa

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable B2ab(iii) ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B. & Aulagnier, S.

Reviewer/s:

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

Contributor/s:

Justification:
This is a species with very specific habitat requirements, and a fairly restricted range along the coast of Egypt and Libya. The area of occupancy is likely to be less than 2,000 km² given its occurrence in a narrow coastal strip. It is known from fewer than 10 locations and there is ongoing habitat decline. Therefore the species qualifies for VU B2ab(iii). This is a species in urgent need of survey work and an assessment of the remaining habitat of this species is required.

History:

2004	–	Data Deficient
1996	–	Endangered
1994	–	Vulnerable (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This jeroba species is found in a restricted area of coastal gravel plains within northern Egypt and eastern Libya.
Countries:	Native: Egypt; Libya
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Population [top]

Population:	The species is considered to be very uncommon.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This nocturnal species is found in vegetation on salt marshes and clay desert areas of the coastal plains. Much of the daylight hours are spent in underground burrows, with the species emerging at night to forage.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	In North Africa, early researchers remarked on the small numbers of this species and its ecological limitations, and that it had disappeared from certain coastal valleys near Alexandria, Egypt (from where it was originally taken). The species may be threatened by desert reclamation.

Major Threat(s):

In North Africa, early researchers remarked on the small numbers of this species and its ecological limitations, and that it had disappeared from certain coastal valleys near Alexandria, Egypt (from where it was originally taken). The species may be threatened by desert reclamation.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known whether the species occurs in any protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known whether the species occurs in any protected areas.

Bibliography [top]

	IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).

IUCN. 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Available at: http://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 5 October 2008).

Citation:	Hutterer, R., Kryštufek, B. & Aulagnier, S. 2008. Allactaga tetradactyla. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 May 2013.
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