Resolution of some problematic type localities for Sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae)

PARDIÑAS, U.F.J.; TETA, P.; D'ELÍA, G.; CIRIGNOLI, S.; ORTIZ, P.

The quintessential naturalist: honoring the life and legacy of Oliver P. Pearson

University of California Publications in Zoology

Lugar: Berkeley; Año: 2007; p. 391 - 416

Herein  we  comment  on  the  location  of  8  argentinean  type  localities  for  22 sigmodontine  taxa  (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). this  study  is based on  information gathered from original publications, labels of type specimens, feld catalogs and notes housed  in museums, and historical  records and maps. these  localities  (arranged  in order of  increasing  latitude) are: Higuerilla  (Province of  Jujuy), Caraguatay and  río Paranay (Province of Misiones), río de Oro (Province of Chaco), Otro Cerro (Province of Catamarca), “Norte de Entre ríos” (Province of Entre ríos), Isla Ella (Province of Buenos aires), Neuquén, río Limay (Province of Neuquén), and Valle del Lago Blanco or Valle/región Koslowsky (Province of Chubut). We clarify the geographic location, provide  current  names,  and/or  restrict  these  type  localities.  Finally,  we  also  pose comments on the taxonomic signifcance of these actions.