Range extension of Lundomys molitor (Winge, 1887) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) to eastern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil

Marcus Vinicius Brandão; Ana Claudia Fegies

doi:10.15560/13.2.2101

Check List 13(2): e19703, doi: 10.15560/13.2.2101

Range extension of Lundomys molitor (Winge, 1887) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) to eastern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil

Marcus Vinicius Brandão^‡, Ana Claudia Fegies^‡

‡ Programa de Pós-Graduação em Diversidade Biológica e Conservação, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Departamento de Biologia, Laboratório de Diversidade Animal, Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil., Brazil

Corresponding author: Marcus Vinicius Brandão ( puerabio@gmail.com )

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Citation: Brandão M, Fegies A (2017) Range extension of Lundomys molitor (Winge, 1887) (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) to eastern Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Check List 13(2): 2101. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.2.2101

Abstract

The distribution range of Lundomys molitor, a cricetid rodent species known from only six localities, herein is extended about 295 km with the inclusion of a record from Rio Grande do Sul state. The new locality represents the easternmost limit of the distribution of this poorly studied species.

Keywords

new records; Sigmodontinae; Oryzomyini; Lund’s Amphibious Rat; southern Brazil