Eligmodontia dunaris

Spotorno, Zuleta, L. I. Walker, G. Manriquez, Valladares, & Marin, 2013

Dune Gerbil Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Phyllotini
Genus : Eligmodontia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Spotorno, Á.E., Zuleta, C.A., Walker, L.I., Manriquez, G., Valladares, J.P. and Marin, J.C. 2013-07-05. A small, new gerbil-mouse Eligmodontia (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from dunes at the coasts and deserts of north-central Chile: molecular, chromosomic, and morphological analyses. Zootaxa 3683(4):377-394.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.3

Original name as described

Eligmodontia dunaris

Other common names

Dune Laucha

Type material

MNHNCL:Mamm:1546

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sector Playa Los Choros, Coquimbo, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Spotorno Oyarzún, Á., Zuleta, C. R., Walker, L. I., Manriquez, G. S., Valladares, P. F., & Marin, J. C. (2013). A small, new gerbil-mouse Eligmodontia (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from dunes at the coasts and deserts of north-central Chile: Molecular, chromosomic, and morphological analyses. Zootaxa, 3683(4), 377-394.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002703

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Names and synonyms

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Eligmodontia dunaris

Spotorno, Zuleta, L. I. Walker, G. Manriquez, Valladares, & Marin, 2013

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dunaris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHNCL:Mamm:1546

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

385

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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