IUCN SSC New World Marsupial Specialist Group

2019 Report

Gabriel Martin

Chair Mission statement Targets for the 2017-2020 quadrennium

Gabriel Martin (1) The mission of the New World Marsupials Assess Specialist Group (NWMSG) is to increase our Red List: (1) complete the assessment of 15 Red List Authority Coordinator knowledge of the taxonomy and ecology of newly described species; (2) complete reas- Ana Paula Carmignotto (2) American marsupials, ensure that conserva- sessments of the 110 species of New World tion status and species accounts have been marsupials. correctly assessed based on IUCN Red List Location/Affiliation: Plan (1) Categories and Criteria, and that these assess- Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Planning: generate a conservation plan for ments have been correctly submitted to The Estepa Patagónica (CIEMEP) CONICEP-UNPSJB, New World marsupials, combining geographic IUCN Red List. Argentina information with ecological, physiological and (2) Universidade Federal de São Carlos, other natural history data, which should set a Projected impact for the 2017-2020 Campus Sorocaba, Itinga, Sorocaba - SP, Brazil framework to identify areas of taxonomic singu- quadrennium larity and richness, increase our knowledge Number of members By the end of 2020, the remaining species that on different ecological traits (e.g. reproduc- 18 have been described in recent years should tion, feeding), and help define species for which be added to the IUCN Red List with a species conservation efforts should be implemented. account. This would increase the taxonomic and geographic coverage of species analysed, Activities and results 2019 bringing them closer to the recent taxonomic Assess arrangements (i.e. newly described species). We encourage our members to increase aware- Red List ness of the IUCN Red List assessments, and to i. We have completed the list of species get involved in the categorisation at a country that need to be updated and new species level. that haven’t been assessed before. We have reached out to some of the experts that will generate the new assessments. (KSR #1)

Summary of activities 2019

Components of Species Conservation Cycle: 1/5 Assess 1 | Main KSRs addressed: 1 KSR: Key Species Result Near Threatened Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum, Thylamys macrurus, Campo Grande, MS Photo: Nilton Cáceres

Agile Gracile Opossum, Gracilinanus agilis, Corumbá, MS Photo: Nilton Cáceres

Silky Shrew Opossum, Caenolestes fuliginosus Photo: Gabriel Martin