Ord’s kangaroo rat (Dipodomys ordii) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Ord’s Kangaroo Rat in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
- Lists of Figures and Tables
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted
- Information Sources, Biographical Summary of Report Writers, and Collections Examined
COSEWIC
Assessment and Update Status Report
on the
Ord’s Kangaroo Rat
Dipodomys Ordii
in Canada
Endangered
2006
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife
in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation
des espèces en péril
au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2006. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Ord’s kangaroo rat Dipodomys ordii in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 34 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)
Previous Report:
Gummer, D.L. 1995. COSEWIC status report on the Ord's kangaroo rat Dipodomys ordii in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 1-27 pp.
Production Note:
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge David L. Gummer and Darren J. Bender for writing the update status report on the Ord’s kangaroo rat Dipodomys ordii prepared, under contract with Environment Canada, and overseen and edited by Mark Brigham, Co-chair, (Terrestrial Mammals), COSEWIC Terrestrial Mammals Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur le rat kangouroo d'Ord (Dipodomys ordii) au Canada – Mise à jour
Cover illustration:
Ord's kangaroo rat -- Photograph by D.L. Gummer, courtesy of the Royal Alberta Museum.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2006
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/79-2006E-PDF
ISBN: 662-43285-1
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