Gracilinanus aceramarcae

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	DIDELPHIMORPHIA	DIDELPHIDAE

Scientific Name:

Gracilinanus aceramarcae

Species Authority

(Tate, 1931)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Aceramarca Gracile Mouse Opossum, Bolivian Gracile Opossum
French	–	Petit Opossum-souris De Bolivie

Synonym/s:

Marmosa aceramarcae

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Patterson, B. & Solari S.

Evaluator/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
This species is list as Least Concern, although it is poorly known, the species’ range is not under enough threat to qualify for a higher category, a large presumed global population, and is found in protected areas.

History:

1996

–

Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from around six localities in southeastern Peru through northwest Bolivia. The localities include the type locality the Aceramarca River (tributary of the Unduavi River in Yungas) in La Paz, Bolivia (Gardner, 2005). It has an altitudinal range of 2,600 to 3,290 m (Salazar et al., 2002).
Countries:	Native: Bolivia; Peru
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	Unknown. There is difficulty sampling this species due to its arboreal habits.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits tropical forests (elfin forest). It is likely that G. aceramarcae is arboreal, although it may forage for fruit, insects and other small invertebrates on the forest floor. There are no records outside of forest.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There is very little known about threats, although deforestation rates in the species’ range are not currently suspected to be high.

Major Threat(s):

There is very little known about threats, although deforestation rates in the species’ range are not currently suspected to be high.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	The species has been recorded in at least a few protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

The species has been recorded in at least a few protected areas.

Citation:	Patterson, B. & Solari S. 2008. Gracilinanus aceramarcae. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 November 2008.
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