Euneomys chinchilloides ...

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae; Euneomys; Euneomys chinchilloides; Lynx; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6727595; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6727595

673. Patagonian Chinchilla Rat Euneomys chinchilloides French: Eunéomys chinchilla / German: Patagonien-Chinchillamaus / Spanish: Rata chinchilla de Patagonia Other common names: Patagonian Chinchilla Mouse, Tierra del Fuego Euneomys Taxonomy. Reithrodon chinchilloides Waterhouse, 1839, “south shore of the Strait of Magellan, near the Eastern entrance.” Restricted byJ. K. Braun and U. FE.J. Pardinas in 2015 to “near Bahia [Bahia] San Sebastian on the Argentina side of Tierra del Fuego.” Funeomys chinchilloides ultimus named by O. Thomas in 1916 is occasionally used as a race to distinguish southernmost island populations. Monotypic. Distribution. Extreme S Argentina and Chile mainland and Tierra del Fuego Is. Descriptive notes. Head-body 112-156 mm, tail 58-81 mm, ear 19-3 mm, hindfoot 32 mm; weight 50 g. The Patagonian Chinchilla Rat is heavy-bodied and short-tailed, larger than Peterson’s Chinchilla Rat (E. petersoni), with dense, soft, and densely colored pelage, although with darker overall tendency. Its ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, pp. 204-535 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 506, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6707142 ...