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NRLD - 191424 | Lontra felina

Assessment ID
191424
Taxon name
Lontra felina
(Molina, 1782)
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Lontra felina
(Molina, 1782)
Common name(s)
Chungungo
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
carnivora
Family
mustelidae
Genus
Lontra
Species
felina
Species authority
(Molina, 1782)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Chile
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Chile
Country ISO code(s)
CHL
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Insuficientemente Conocida
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2009
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Comité editor y contenido técnico; Charif Tala, Sofía Guerrero, Reinaldo Avilés y Miguel Stutzin
Criteria system used
Non-IUCN
Reference for methods given
La Ley N° 19.300, sobre Bases Generales del Medio Ambiente (1994) la República de Chile
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
INVALID
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
Especies Amenazadas de Chile: Protejámoslas y evitemos su extinción
CONAMA. Tala, C., Guerrero, S., Avilés, R. y Stutzin, M. (Eds.). 2009. Especies Amenazadas de Chile: Protejámoslas y evitemos su extinción. Departamento de Protección de los Recursos Naturales, CONAMA.