CEPAVE 05420
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLOGICOS Y DE VECTORES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
capítulos de libros
Título:
Tribe Reithrodontini Vorontsov, 1959
Autor/es:
ULYSES F. J. PARDIÑAS; GALLIARI, CARLOS A.; PABLO TETA
Libro:
Mammals of South America. Vol 2: Rodents
Editorial:
The University of Chicago Press
Referencias:
Lugar: Chicago-London; Año: 2015; p. 559 - 565
Resumen:
Representatives of Reithrodon are among the most beautifuland widespread sigmodontine rodents of the openlandsin the South American Southern Cone. Withtworecognizedliving species (R.auritusand R.typicus)but atleast10 nominal forms in current synonymy,Reithrodonoccursin crop fields,grasslands, steppes, and semidesertsofArgentina, Chile, Uruguay,and adjoining southernmostBrazil (Musser and Carleton 2005). It is the mostfrequentlyencountered genus in the sigmodontine fossilrecordof Argentina, and several names have been usedtodescribe Plio- Pleistoceneremains (Reig 1978; Pardiñas1995b).
