Discovery of desert-adapted Tympanoctomys barrerae in Central Patagonia, Argentina

Mammalia

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-161

  Gallardo, Milton H ^a   Udrizar Sauthier, Daniel E ^b   Ojeda, Agustina A ^c   Pardiñas, Ulyses F J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL PATAGÓNICO   (Argentina)

^c LABORATORIO DE ENTOMOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Octodontidae; Patagonia; Rodentia; Tympanoctomys

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DESERT; RODENT;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

OCTODONTIDAE; RODENTIA; TYMPANOCTOMYS; TYMPANOCTOMYS BARRERAE;

EID: 67249140202     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.028     Document Type: Article

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