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NRLD - 194411 | Tayassu pecari

Assessment ID
194411
Taxon name
Tayassu pecari
(Link, 1795)
Uploaded by
National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Tayassu pecari
(Link, 1795)
Common name(s)
Queixada
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
artiodactyla
Family
tayassuidae
Genus
Tayassu
Species
pecari
Species authority
(Link, 1795)
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
Brazil
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
Brazil
Country ISO code(s)
BRA
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 rationale/justification
A2abcde+3abcde
Assessment details
Year assessed
2014
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Ministério Do Meio Ambiente Instituto Chico Mendes De Conservação Da Biodiversidade.
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2012) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. Second edition. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iv + 32pp.
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
Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio), 2014. Espécies Ameaçadas - Lista 2014: Lista nacional do risco de extinção da fauna brasileira (Brazil - List of endangered species). http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/biodiversidade/fauna-brasileira/lista-de-especies.html