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
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: 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 Paywall Reference page. 

Vernacular names

español: Laucha de las dunas
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