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AND - 2023-18 : Galemys pyrenaicus

Assessment ID
2023-18
Taxon name
Galemys pyrenaicus
Uploaded by
Red List of Andorra
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Galemys pyrenaicus
Common name(s)
Almesquera (ca)
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Galemys
Species
pyrenaicus
Species authority
Location and scope
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Andorra
Country ISO code(s)
AD
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Critically Endangered
Abbreviated status
CR
Qualifying criteria (if given)
A2 B2a+bii+iii+v; D
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment rationale/justification
Data at the Pyrenees level indicate an 85% reduction in populations in the last 20 years
Assessment details
Year assessed
2023
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Jordi Nicolau i Vila | Jordi Dalmau i Ausàs | Sebastià Semene Guitart | Clara Pladevall | Gaël Aleix | Johan Espunyes | Roger Caritg | Manel Niel | Pere Aymerich
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, U.K. ii + 30pp. plus regional guidelines v.4.0
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
No
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Yes
Freshwater
No
Marine
No
Publication
Llista vermella de la fauna vertebrada d'Andorra - Validació de l'actualització parcial 2023
INTUITIV (2023). Llista vermella de la fauna vertebrada d'Andorra - Validació de l'evaluació parcial 2023. Workshop Report. INTUITIV & Govern d'Andorra. 21pp.