Eligmodontia puerulus

(R. A. Philippi, 1896)

Andean 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

Philippi, R.A. 1896. Descripcion de los mamíferos traidos del viaje de esploracion a Tarapacá, hecho por órden del gobierno en el verano de 1884 a 1885 por Federico Philippi. Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile 13:5-24.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029007

Original name as described

Hesperomys puerulus

Other common names

Altiplano Laucha

Type locality

near San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina · Bolivia?

Taxonomy notes

previously included E. hirtipes

Taxonomy notes citation

Lanzone, C., & Ojeda, R. A. (2005). Citotaxonomía y distribución del género Eligmodontia (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). Mastozoología Neotropical, 12(1), 73-77.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002707

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 hirtipes jucunda

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

jucunda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.8.1.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e29d8a15-06c3-4b82-9034-aa224ba9018c

Authority page

131

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615918

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:226) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Eligmodontia puerulus tarapacensis

Mann, 1945

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tarapacensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Biológica (Santiago, Chile)

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Eligmodontia puerulus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

puerulus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

153

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002707) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7579/115085328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Hesperomys puerulus

(R. A. Philippi, 1896)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

puerulus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

20

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35029007

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Eligmodontia hirtipes jacunda

Lanzone, J. K. Braun, J. L. Patton, & Pardiñas, 2015

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

jacunda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

517

Authority publication

Chicago

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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