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--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Calomys
SPECIES Calomys laucha
| Author: | Fischer, 1814. | | Citation: | In Eschwege, J. Brasilien, Neue Bibliothek. Reisenb., 15(2): 209. | | Common Name: | Little Laucha | | Type Locality: | Paraguay, Central Dept., vicinity of Asunción (as restricted by Hershkovitz, 1962:153). | | Distribution: | Dry biotopes in SC Bolivia (Chaco), N and EC Argentina, W Paraguay, WC and extreme S Brazil, and Uruguay (González et al., 1995). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Formerly included hummelincki (See Handley, 1976), musculinus (see Massoia et al., 1968), and tener (see species account). Attribution of pusillus follows Hershkovitz (1962; also see Osgood, 1943:239); that of bimaculatus as per Brum-Zorilla et al. (1990). Allozymic variability and differentiation among samples in EC Argentina assayed by Chiappero et al. (2002) and Gardenal et al. (2002). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bimaculatus (Waterhouse, 1837)
bonariensis (Osgood, 1933)
dubius (Fischer, 1829)
gracilipes (Waterhouse, 1837)
pusillus (Philippi, 1858)
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