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NRLD - 293435 | Myrmecophaga tridactyla

Assessment ID
293435
Taxon name
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Linnaeus, 1758
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
Linnaeus, 1758
Common name(s)
Oso hormiguero
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
pilosa
Family
myrmecophagidae
Genus
Myrmecophaga
Species
tridactyla
Species authority
Linnaeus, 1758
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Argentina
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Argentina
Country ISO code(s)
ARG
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Vulnerable
Abbreviated status
VU
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2012
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Argentine Society for the Study of Mammals (Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos, SAREM)
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii+30pp
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.sarem.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Libro-Rojo-de-mamiferos-amenazados-de-la-Argentina-2012.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos Amenazados de la Argentina
Ojeda R., et al. (2012) Libro Rojo de los Mamíferos Amenazados de la Argentina. SAREM (Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamíferos)