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Cabassous chacoensis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA MAMMALIA CINGULATA DASYPODIDAE

Scientific Name: Cabassous chacoensis
Species Authority Wetzel, 1980
Common Name/s:
English – Chacoan Naked-tailed Armadillo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Near Threatened     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2008
Assessor/s Abba, A., Meritt, D., Porini, G. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group
Evaluator/s: da Fonseca, G.A.B. (Edentate Red List Authority) & Berridge, R. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification:
This species is listed as Near Threatened given an inferred population decline as a result of habitat loss and hunting which may have approached 20-25% over the past 10 years. Almost qualifies as threatened under criterion A2cd.
History:
2006 – Near Threatened (IUCN 2006)
1996 – Data Deficient (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species has been recorded from the Gran Chaco of western Paraguay and north-western Argentina (Gardner 2005). In addition, it has been reported to occur in Mato Grosso, Brazil, on the basis of one zoological park specimen (Wetzel 1980). It has not been recorded from Bolivia.
Countries:
Native:
Argentina; Paraguay
Presence uncertain:
Brazil
Range Map:
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Population [top]

Population: The abundance of this species is not well known. In general it is rarely sighted.
Population Trend: Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: This largely fossorial species is restricted to undisturbed chaco-ceco (thorn forest) habitats. It is not present in cultivated areas. There is little available information on the species' life history and other biological characteristics.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): This species is threatened by both habitat degradation from agricultural activity and subsistence hunting for food by local people, as well as predation by dogs.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: In Argentina it has been recorded from Parque Nacional Río Pilcomayo, Parque Nacional Copo and Reserva Natural Formosa.
Citation: Abba, A., Meritt, D., Porini, G. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group 2008. Cabassous chacoensis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2008.
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