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18 December 2014 Eligmodontia morgani (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
Brandi S. Coyner, Janet K. Braun
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Abstract

Eligmodontia morgani Allen, 1901, is a sigmodontine rodent commonly known as the western Patagonian laucha. A small, delicate, arid-adapted rodent, it is 1 of 7 currently recognized species in the genus Eligmodontia. The species occurs in the semiarid steppe habitat of western Patagonia of Argentina and Chile. E. morgani is listed as “Least Concern” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Brandi S. Coyner and Janet K. Braun " Eligmodontia morgani (Rodentia: Cricetidae)," Mammalian Species 46(916), 101-109, (18 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.1644/916.1
Published: 18 December 2014
KEYWORDS
Argentina
Chile
gerbil mouse
laucha
Patagonia
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