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

Taxa
Taxidea taxus jeffersonii |
Publication
COSEWIC- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (2000)
NRL Record ID
95992
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 jeffersonii subspecies (English)
Blaireau d'Amérique de la sous-espèce jeffersonii (Français)
Taxonomic Group
Vertebrates
Taxonomic Group Level 2
Mammals
Taxon distribution as listed in assessment
British Columbia
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
Small population, perhaps less than 600 individuals. Fragmented and at risk from roadkills and human development.; Petite population, peut-être moins de 600 individus. Le trafic routier et le développement par les humains en font une espèce fragmentée et en péril.
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)
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/wildlife-plants-species/species-risk.html
Supplementary Links

COSEWIC- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada/ COSEPAC- Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada; SARA Registry- Species at Risk Public Registry; Registre de la LEP- Registre public des espèces en péril

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 jeffersonii 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 jeffersonii a été désignée ' en voie de disparition '.
Scientific Name Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Taxidea taxus jeffersonii Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Mustelidae Taxidea