Dasypus kappleri

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 kappleri

Species Authority

Krauss, 1862

Common Name/s:

English

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Greater Long-nosed Armadillo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Anacleto, T., Cuellar, E. & 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:
Listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, presumed large population, its occurrence in a number of protected areas, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

History:

2006	–	Least Concern (IUCN 2006)
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species has been recorded from Colombia (east of the Andes), Venezuela (south of the Orinoco), the countries of Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, and south through the Amazon Basin of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and northern Bolivia (Pando Department) (Gardner 2005). In Brazil, it occurs in a large part of the state of Mato Grosso, but has not been recorded from southern Pará state, east of the Rio Tapajos. The easternmost locality is on the left bank of Rio das Mortes, a tributary of the upper Rio Araguaia, western Mato Grosso. There is a potentially disjunct population to the south of Marajó Island.
Countries:	Native: Bolivia; Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Peru; Suriname; Venezuela
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	There are no details available on the population status of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is restricted to the tropical moist lowland forests of the Orinoco and Amazon river basins. In savanna areas it is restricted to forest patches. The species constructs burrows in well-drained soil. The females typically give birth to two young (Eisenberg 1989).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats. Locally, the species is threatened by deforestation, and in Ecuador it is subject to hunting (Tirira S 2001). It is unable to survive in savannas or open areas.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats. Locally, the species is threatened by deforestation, and in Ecuador it is subject to hunting (Tirira S 2001). It is unable to survive in savannas or open areas.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is present in a number of protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

This species is present in a number of protected areas.

Citation:	Anacleto, T., Cuellar, E. & Members of the IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group 2008. Dasypus kappleri. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2008.
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