Range extension of Oxymycterus wayku (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae), an endemic species from austral Yungas, and first record for Catamarca province, northwestern Argentina | Zendy

Sofía d’Hiriart | Zendy; Pablo E. Ortíz | Zendy; Candela Russo | Zendy; J. Pablo Jayat | Zendy

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Range extension of Oxymycterus wayku (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae), an endemic species from austral Yungas, and first record for Catamarca province, northwestern Argentina

Author(s) -

Sofía d’Hiriart,

Pablo E. Ortíz,

Candela Russo,

J. Pablo Jayat

Publication year - 2015

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Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276

H-Index - 22

ISSN - 1809-127X

DOI - 10.15560/11.5.1738

Subject(s) - cricetidae , subtropics , geography , range (aeronautics) , mammal , ecology , biology , composite material , materials science

Oxymycterus wayku Jayat, D’Elia, Pardinas, Miotti & Ortiz, 2008, a rodent species recently described, is known in only four localities within the Subtropical Mountain Forests of the Yungas eco-region in Tucuman, northwestern Argentina. Specimens were recorded in an owl pellet sample during a recent survey. This record represents the first for Oxymycterus in Catamarca Province, extending approximately 60 km south its southern distribution in the region. Sixteen other small non-volant mammal species were recorded there, turning this area into one of the most diverse for this understudied group in Argentina.

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