Holochilus lagigliai, Pardinas, Teta, Voglino & Fernandez, 2013

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 445

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6728144

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Holochilus lagigliai
status

 

472. View Plate 23: Cricetidae

Lagiglia’s Marsh Rat

Holochilus lagigliai View in CoL

French: Oryzomys de Lagiglia / German: Lagiglia-Sumpfratte / Spanish: Rata de marisma de Lagiglia

Taxonomy. Holochilus lagiglia Pardinas et al, 2013 View in CoL , Embalse El Nihuil, San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina .

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from the type locality in Argentina . View Figure

Descriptive notes. Tail 136-5 mm, hindfoot 45-8 mm (only measurements available from the holotype). See general characters of the genus under the Venezuelan Marsh Rat ( H. venezuelae ) account. Dorsum of Lagiglia’s Marsh Rat is reddish brown; venter is whitish; and throat, chest, and inguinal regions are completely white. Mystacial vibrissae are short and do not reach eartips. Tail is bicolored, scarcely haired, and short compared with other species of Holochilus . Hindfeet have interdigital webbing. Skull is heavily built. Interorbital margins with moderately well-developed supraorbital crests. Incisors are opisthodont; molars are tetralophodont.

Habitat. Semiarid region modified by agricultural activities, restricted to the Atuel fluvial system.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. Lagiglia’s Marsh Rat has an amphibiouslifestyle, although its shortertail, compared with other species of Holochilus of similarly size, may influence its ability to swim.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List. Efforts to find extant populations of Lagiglia’s Marsh Rat suggest that it is rare or could be extinct. Late Holocene records suggest a larger distribution in a recent past.

Bibliography. Fernandez et al. (2017), Goncalves et al. (2015), Pardinas et al. (2013).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Holochilus

Loc

Holochilus lagigliai

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Holochilus lagiglia Pardinas et al, 2013

Pardinas, Teta, Voglino & Fernandez 2013
2013
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