Eligmodontia dunaris

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Phyllotini
Genus: Eligmodontia
Species: Eligmodontia dunaris

Name

Eligmodontia dunaris Spotorno, Zuleta, Walker, Manríquez, Valladares & Marín, 2013: 385

• Holotype: MNHN 1546 (original LCM number 4599), adult ♂, skull, dried skin and skeleton, collected by C. Zuleta R. in May 2011.
• Type locality: “Chile: Coquimbo Region: comuna La Higuera, Sector Playa Los Choros (29°14’ S; 71°18’ W, 15 masl), 55 km N of La Serena city, in the coastal transitional desert of central Chile”.

References

Primary references

• Spotorno, A.E., Zuleta R., C., Walker, L.I., Manríquez S., G., Valladares F., P. & Marín, 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

español: Laucha de las dunas