The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Rhynchocyon chrysopygus

 – Endangered

Classifications

List of Habitats:
1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
List of Threats:
1.1.1.2Habitat Loss/Degradation - Agriculture - Crops - Small-holder farming (ongoing)
1.1.2.1Habitat Loss/Degradation - Agriculture - Wood plantations - Small-scale (past)
1.1.2.2Habitat Loss/Degradation - Agriculture - Wood plantations - Large-scale (past)
1.1.3Habitat Loss/Degradation - Agriculture - Non-timber plantations (ongoing)
1.3.3.1Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Small-scale subsistence (ongoing)
1.3.3.2Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Selective logging (ongoing)
1.3.3.3Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Clear-cutting (past)
1.4.2Habitat Loss/Degradation - Infrastructure development - Human settlement (ongoing)
4.1.2.1Accidental mortality - Bycatch - Terrestrial - Trapping/snaring/netting (ongoing)
9.9Intrinsic factors - Restricted range (ongoing)
List of Conservation Actions:
1.3.2Policy-based actions - Community management - Resource stewardship (in place)
2.2Communication and Education - Awareness (needed)
3.1Research actions - Taxonomy (in place)
3.2Research actions - Population numbers and range (needed)
3.3Research actions - Biology and Ecology (in place)
3.4Research actions - Habitat status (needed)
3.5Research actions - Threats (in place)
3.6Research actions - Uses and harvest levels (in place)
3.8Research actions - Conservation measures (needed)
3.9Research actions - Trends/Monitoring (needed)
4.4.1Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Identification of new protected areas (in place, needed)
4.4.2Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Establishment (in place, needed)
4.4.3Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Management (in place, needed)
4.4.4Habitat and site-based actions - Protected areas - Expansion (needed)
4.5Habitat and site-based actions - Community-based initiatives (in place)

Citation: FitzGibbon, C. & Rathbun, G. 2006. Rhynchocyon chrysopygus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 September 2008.
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