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Calomys musculinus

Description

Calomys musculinus (Thomas, 1913). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11: 138.

TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Jujuy Prov., Maimara, 2230 m.

DISTRIBUTION: Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman, Catamarca, Mendoza, and Buenos Aires, and probably Cordoba and San Luis Provs. (Argentina).

COMMENT: Included in laucha by Hershkovitz, 1962, Fieldiana Zool., 46: 152; but see Massoia et al., 1968, Rev. Invest. Agro. INTA, ser. 1, Biol. Prod. Anim., 5: 63-92, and Pearson and Patton, 1976, J. Mammal., 57: 348, who considered musculinus a distinct species. Distribution in Buenos Aires Prov. reviewed by Massoia and Fornes, 1967, Acta Zool. Lilloana, 23:407-430.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 403, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Calomys
Species
musculinus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Calomys musculinus (Thomas, 1913) sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Hershkovitz, P. 1962. Evolution of Neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. Fieldiana: Zoology, 46: 1 - 524.
  • Massoia, E., A. Fornes, R. L. Wainberg, and T. G. de Fronza. 1968. Nuevos aportes al conocimiento de las especies bonaerenses del genero Calomys (Rodentia-Cricetidae). Revista de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, INTA, Serie 1, Biologia y Produccion Animal, 5: 63 - 92.
  • Pearson, O. P., and J. L. Patton. 1976. Relationships among South American phyllotine rodents based on chromosome analysis. Journal of Mammalogy, 57: 339 - 350.
  • Massoia, E., and A. Fornes. 1967. El estado sistematico, distribucion geografica y datos etoecologicos de algunos mamiferos neotropicales (Marsupialia y Rodentia), con la descripcion de Cabreramys, genero nuevo (Cricetidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 23: 407 - 430.