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

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-v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Pardiñas, Ulises Francisco J., Teta, Pablo Vicente, Udrizar Sauthier, Daniel Edgardo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/100422
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/100422
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:MAMMALIA
DIDELPHIMORPHA
RODENTIA
MICROMAMMALS
SPECIES INVENTORY
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Sumario: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).