Eligmodontia typus - #1899
Highland Gerbil Mouse
Side view of adult. Image on cover of Journal of Mammalogy 92(6). Also as Eastern Patagonian Laucha.
Geographic Distribution
E Patagonian region of S Argentina, Buenos Aires and La Pampa Provs. southwards to Santa Cruz.
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Eligmodontia
Specific Epithet
typus
Image Location
Argentina, Rio Negro, General Roca, 1.35 km W, 2.34 km N Villa Manzano, 305 m elev.
Image Date
June 27, 2010
Photographer
RD Sage