Marmota vancouverensis

– Endangered

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

ANIMALIA

Phylum:

CHORDATA

Class:

MAMMALIA

Order:

RODENTIA

Family:

SCIURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Marmota vancouverensis

Species Authority:

Swarth, 1911

Common Name/s:

English

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VANCOUVER ISLAND MARMOT, VANCOUVER MARMOT

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

EN C2b, D ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

2000

Assessor/s:

Nagorsen, D.W.

Evaluator/s:

Hafner, D.J., Yensen, E. & Kirkland, G.L., Jr. (Rodent Red List Authority)

Justification:

Assignment of Marmota vancouverensis is based on the small number of individuals (200-400) in a single population within a restricted area that has been subjected to intensive human modification.

History:

1982	-	Endangered (Thornback and Jenkins 1982)
1986	-	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986)
1988	-	Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)
1990	-	Endangered (IUCN 1990)
1994	-	Endangered (Groombridge 1994)
1996	-	Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range

Countries:

Native:

Canada (British Columbia)

Population

Population Trend:

Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology:

Associated with subalpine herbaceous communities (1,100-1,450 m elevation) with steep slopes where avalanches and snow creep inhibit the growth of trees (Hafner et al. 1998).

System:

Terrestrial

List of Habitats:

4.4	Grassland - Temperate

Threats

List of Threats:

12	Unknown (ongoing)

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Hafner, D.J., Yensen, E. and Kirkland, Jr., G.L. (compilers and editors) 1998. North American Rodents: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Rodent Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Hilton-Taylor, C. (compiler). 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Thornback, J. and Jenkins, M. 1982. The IUCN Mammal Red Data Book. Part 1: Threatened mammalian taxa of the Americas and the Australasian zoogeographic region (excluding Cetacea). IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Citation:	Nagorsen, D.W. 2000. Marmota vancouverensis. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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