Dasypus hybridus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CINGULATA	DASYPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Dasypus hybridus

Species Authority

(Desmarest, 1804)

Common Name/s:

English

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Southern Long-nosed Armadillo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Abba, A., Lara-Ruiz, P., Vizcaino, S. & 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 as it is believed to have undergone a decline in the order of 20-25% over the past 10 years due to severe habitat loss and hunting throughout its range. The species was previously more widespread and locally more common (over 30 years ago). Almost qualifies as threatened under criterion A2cd.

History:

2006	–	Near Threatened (IUCN 2006)
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and southern Brazil. It is found as far south as the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It has been recorded from Botocatu, São Paulo, Brazil. The distribution is more restricted than depicted by Redford and Eisenberg (1992) and Wetzel (1985). Localities in the west near the Andes are based on incorrectly identified individuals. In the province of Córdoba, Argentina, it is restricted to the east.
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	It was previously common (although there are no population density estimates available), but it is sensitive to habitat loss through urbanization, and agricultural expansion has meant that populations are declining or absent over much of its former range. It remains a common species in parts of its range (e.g. the province of Buenos Aires).
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is typically found in the grasslands and pampas of northern and central Argentina. It possibly occurs in woodland and forest habitats.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is threatened by habitat loss through agriculture, urbanization, accidental mortality on roads, direct hunting for food and predation by dogs.

Major Threat(s):

This species is threatened by habitat loss through agriculture, urbanization, accidental mortality on roads, direct hunting for food and predation by dogs.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species has been recorded from two small, protected areas at the periphery of its range. These sites need improved management. There are no protected areas in the core area of its range where the species is most common.

Conservation Actions:

This species has been recorded from two small, protected areas at the periphery of its range. These sites need improved management. There are no protected areas in the core area of its range where the species is most common.

Citation:	Abba, A., Lara-Ruiz, P., Vizcaino, S. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group 2008. Dasypus hybridus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2008.
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