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Eligmodontia puerulus Philippi 1896

Description

Eligmodontia puerulus Philippi 1896

Eligmodontia puerulus Philippi 1896, Anal. Mus. Nac. Chile, Zool. Ent., 13a: 20.

Type Locality: Chile, Antofagasta Prov., San Pedro de Atacama, 3223 m.

Vernacular Names: Altiplano Laucha.

Synonyms: Eligmodontia hirtipes (Thomas 1902); Eligmodontia jacunda Thomas 1919; Eligmodontia marica Thomas 1918; Eligmodontia tarapacensis Mann 1945.

Distribution: Altiplano, usually above 3000 m, of extreme S Perú, through NE Chile and WC Bolivia, to NW Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reduced to a subspecies of E. typus by Hershkovitz (1962), but morphological (Mann, 1978; Osgood, 1943) and karyotypic (Kelt et al., 1991; Ortells et al., 1989; Spotorno et al., 1994) data sustain the specific recognition of E. puerulus. Further systematic review is required: e.g., Braun (1993) and Díaz and Barquez (1999) viewed hirtipes as a separate species but Anderson (1997) did not; and Galliari et al. (1996) and Mares et al. (1997) listed marica as distinct.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1113, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Philippi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Eligmodontia
Species
puerulus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Eligmodontia puerulus Philippi, 1896 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Thomas, O. 1919. On small mammals from " Otro Cerro " north-eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 3: 489 - 500.
  • Hershkovitz, P. 1962. Evolution of Neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. Fieldiana: Zoology, 46: 1 - 524.
  • Mann, G. F. 1978. Los pequenos mamiferos de Chile (marsupiales, quiropteros, edentados y roedores). Guyana (Zoologia), 40: 1 - 342.
  • Osgood, W. H. 1943. The mammals of Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 30: 1 - 268.
  • Kelt, D. A., R. E. Palma, M. H. Gallardo, and J. A. Cook. 1991. Chromosomal multiformity in Eligmodontia (Muridae, Sigmodontinae), and verification of the status of E. morgani. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 56: 352 - 358.
  • Ortells, M. O., O. A. Reig, R. L. Wainburg, G. E. Hurtado de Catalfo, and T. M. L. Gentile de Fronza. 1989. Cytogenetics and karyosystematics of phyllotine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). II. Chromosome multiformity and autosomal polymorphism in Eligmodontia. Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 54: 129 - 140.
  • Spotorno, A. E., J. Sufan-Catalan, and L. Walker. 1994. Cytogenetic diversity and evolution of Andean Eligmodontia species (Rodentia, Muridae). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 59: 299 - 308.
  • Braun, J. K. 1993. Systematic relationships of the Tribe Phyllotini (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) of South America. Oklahoma Museum of Natural History Special Publication, 2: 50 pp.
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