Venezuela: Endangered Species

The Catt-Trax2 Team — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:14:07 -0800

Report prepared by Meghan Stewart and Cassandra Kosterman, students in BCIT's Fish, Wildlife and Recreation Program.

According to the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Animals the musso's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys mussoi) and the slim-faced slender mouse opossum (Marmosops cracens) are endangered. Fernandez's sword-nosed bat (Lonchorhina fernandezi), pittier's crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys pittieri), and wood sprite gracile mouse opossum (Gracilinanus dryas) are vulnerable. All of them are endemic to Venezuela. The IUCN lists thirty species as being critically endangered in Venezuela. These include the variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) and the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea). IUCN also rates the pink river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis humboldtiana) found in the Orinoco river basin in Venezuela as vulnerable. The World Wildlife Fund is concerned about six species in Venezuela:

the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) endangered
hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricate) critically endangered
leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) critically endangered
loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) endangered
olive ridley turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) endangered and
the spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus) vulnerable. The spectacled bear is South America's only bear species.

Catt-Trax 2 - Venezuela: Endangered Species - Comments

Venezuela: Endangered Species

Related links