IUCN Species of the Day: Golden Vizcacha Rat

Photo credit: Ruben Barquez   The Golden Vizcacha Rat, Pipanacoctomys aureus, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED‘ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Giant Armadillo

  Photo credit: Carly Vynne   The Giant Armadillo, Priodontes maximus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.

IUCN Species of the Day: Huemul

Photo credit: Rod Chile The Huemul, Hippocamelus bisulcus, is listed as ‘ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Once widespread across the southern Andes and Patagonia, this deer now has a much more restricted range within southern Argentina Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Garrison’s Andean Damsel

  Photo credit: Natalia von Ellenreider   The Garrison’s Andean Damsel, Andinagrion garrisoni, is listed as ‘NEAR THREATENED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™.  This damselfly species is known only from northwestern Argentina, in the southern limits of Continue Reading

IUCN Species of the Day: Guanaco

  Photo credit: Mike Nett (mikenett55)   The Guanaco, Lama guanicoe, is listed as ‘LEAST CONCERN’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Being the wild relative of the domestic Llama, this elegant animal has a widespread but rather Continue Reading