Holochilus lagigliai
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Holochilus
Species: Holochilus lagigliai
Name
[edit]Holotype: MHNSR 564/558, adult indet. skin and skull.
Type locality: “El Nihuil—San Rafael—Mendoza—Arg.” El Nihuil is a dam constructed in 1947 on the middle course of the Río Atuel, with geographical coordinates 358040S, 688430W, 1,300 m above sea level.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P., Voglino, D. & Fernández, F.J. 2013. Enlarging rodent diversity in west-central Argentina: a new species of the genus Holochilus (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 94(1): 231–240. DOI: 10.1644/12-MAMM-A-216 Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Lagiglia’s Marsh Rat