Eligmodontia morgani

J. A. Allen, 1901

Morgan's 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1901-11-20. New South American Muridae and a new Metachirus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 14(24):405-412.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/501

Original name as described

Eligmodontia morgani

Other common names

Western Patagonian Laucha

Type material

AMNH M-27689

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-27689

Type locality

"Arroya Else, Patagonia." Restricted by M. I. Christie and U. F. J. Pardiñas in 2016 to Ecker River, c.10 km SSW its junction with Pinturas River, Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002706

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Eligmodontia morgani

J. A. Allen, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

morgani

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-27689

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-27689

Authority page

409

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Allen (1905:53, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055748) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34943)
  2. Thomas (1916:141, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19824)
  3. Thomas (1919:202, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15208)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:520) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7578/115085222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eligmodontia elegans morgani

Osgood, 1943

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

morgani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

199

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778209

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1943:199, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)

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