Taxidea taxus jacksoni | COSEWIC- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (2000)

Taxa
Taxidea taxus jacksoni |
NRL Record ID
96297
Location
Countries in Assessment
Canada
Country ISO code(s)
CAN
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Off
Scope (Assessment)
National
Taxon
Common Names
American Badger jacksoni subspecies (English)
Blaireau d'Amérique de la sous-espèce jacksoni (Français)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
Ontario
Habitats and Ecology
Ecological system type
Terrestrial system
No
Freshwater system
No
Marine system
No
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Assessed status
Asessment status in full
Endangered; En voie de disparition
Assessment status abreviation
EN
Assessment rationale/justification
Restricted to a very small area in extreme southwestern Ontario. There is much uncertainty over population size, possibly less than 200 individuals at risk from human development.; Limité à  une très petite région dans l'extrême Sud-Ouest de l'Ontario. Il y a beaucoup d'incertitude quant à  la taille de la population, possiblement moins de 200 individus en péril à  cause du développement par les humains.
About the assessment
Assessment year
2000
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 2008. Environment Canada.
Affliation of assessor(s)/contributors/reviewers listed on assessment
NGO
Government
Assessor affiliation specific
Government|NGO
Criteria system
Criteria system specifics
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) Assessment
Criteria system used
Modified_IUCN
Criteria Citation
COSEWIC- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (2000)
Endemism
Endemic to region
Not_assigned
Endemism Notes
Is an endemic?: Not_assigned
Conservation
Threats listed in assessment
No information available
Conservation Measures

Conservation measures:
Conservation measures notes:
Required conservation measures:

Further information
History
The species was considered a single unit and designated Not at Risk in 1979. Each subspecies was given a separate designation in May 2000. The jacksoni subspecies was designated Endangered.; L'espèce a été considérée comme une unité et a été désignée ' non en péril ' en 1979. Chacune des sous-espèces a été désignée séparément en mai 2000. La sous-espèce jacksoni a été désignée ' en voie de disparition '.
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Taxidea taxus jacksoni Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Mustelidae Taxidea