Authority citation: Mares, M.A., Braun, J.K., Coyner, B.S. and Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2008-04-21. Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of gerbil mice Eligmodontia (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in South America, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa 1753:1-33.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1753.1.1
Original name as described: Eligmodontia bolsonensis
Nominal names: bolsonensis Mares, J. K. Braun, Coyner, & Van Den Bussche, 2008
Other common names: Bolson Laucha|Bolsón Gerbil Mouse|Bolsón Laucha
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Phyllotini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: OMNH:Mamm:34739
Type locality: Establecimiento Río Blanco, Catamarca, Argentina.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Argentina (ARG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Mares, M. A., Braun, J. K., Coyner, B. S., & Van Den Bussche, R. A. (2008). Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of gerbil mice Eligmodontia (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in South America, with a description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1753(1), 1-33.
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