Dasypus septemcinctus

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 septemcinctus

Species Authority

Linnaeus, 1758

Common Name/s:

English

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Brazilian Lesser Long-nosed Armadillo, Seven-banded Armadillo

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

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 ranges from the lower Amazon Basin of Brazil, to the Gran Chaco of Bolivia, Paraguay, and northern Argentina.
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Bolivia; Brazil; Paraguay
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	The population status of this species is not well known.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It appears to be a grassland species. However, in south-eastern Brazil it prefers to live in gallery forests. It appears adaptable to human disturbance and secondary habitat (Aguiar and Fonseca 2008).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats. Locally, the species is threatened by habitat degradation and hunting for food.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats. Locally, the species is threatened by habitat degradation and hunting for food.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is present in some protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

This species is present in some protected areas.

Citation:	IUCN SSC Edentate Specialist Group 2008. Dasypus septemcinctus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2008.
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