Mammalia, Didelphimorphia and Rodentia, southwest of the province of Mendoza, Argentina

By

Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J.
Teta, Pablo
Sauthier, Daniel Udrizar

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2008-7-1

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

4

Series / Issue

Issue: 3

Pages

218--225

Subjects

Argentina , Didelphimorpha , mammalia , Mendoza , micromammals , Rodentia , species inventory

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/4.3.218

 

Abstract

We documented terrestrial micromammal assemblages at five localities of southwestern Mendoza province, Argentina. We added new localities for several of the most uncommon small mammal species of this region (e.g. Loxodontomys micropus and Tympanoctomys barrerae). Two main groups of terrestrial non-volant micromammals are represented in southwestern province of Mendoza: one group is related to the South American arid diagonal, and includes species typically adapted to the xeric environments of the Monte Desert; a second group includes Patagonian and High Andean species. Some Patagonian species reached in the study area their northernmost distributional records (e.g. Abrothrix longipilis, A. olivaceus, Chelemys macronyx, Loxodontomys micropus).