Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae, Calomys laucha (Fischer, 1814): distribution extension in southern Brazil

Caroline Badzinski; Daniel Galiano; Jorge Marinho

doi:10.15560/8.2.264

Check List 8(2): 264-266, doi: 10.15560/8.2.264

Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae, Calomys laucha (Fischer, 1814): distribution extension in southern Brazil

Caroline Badzinski^‡, Daniel Galiano^§, Jorge R. Marinho^‡

‡ Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Corresponding author: Caroline Badzinski ( carolbad100@hotmail.com )

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Citation: Badzinski C, Galiano D, Marinho J (2012) Mammalia, Rodentia, Cricetidae, Calomys laucha (Fischer, 1814): distribution extension in southern Brazil. Check List 8(2): 264-266. https://doi.org/10.15560/8.2.264

Abstract

The geographic distribution of Calomys laucha in Brazil, known only from the southern portion of Rio Grande do Sul state, up to the state’s Central Depression region, is extended approximately 350 km to the north with a new record at Faxinalzinho municipality, post Depression region in Rio Grande do Sul state. The species seems to be associated with dense shrubby vegetation in this area.

Keywords

Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae; Rio Grande do Sul; range extension