Euneomys petersoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Euneomyini
Genus: Euneomys
Species: Euneomys petersoni

Name

• Euneomys petersoni J. A. Allen, 1903: 192

Holotype: AMNH 84198, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “upper Rio Chico de Santa Cruz, near the Cordilleras, Patagonia,” Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Synonyms

• Euneomys dabbenei Thomas, 1919: 127

Holotype: BMNH 19.6.21.1, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Lago Viedma, Santa Cruz, Patagonia,” Argentina.

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. 1903. Descriptions of new rodents from southern Patagonia, with a note on the genus Euneomys Coues, and an addendum to article IV, on Siberian mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19: 185–196
• Thomas, O. 1919. A new species of Euneomys from Patagonia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 4: 127–128.

Additional references

• Braun, J.K. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2015. Genus Euneomys Coues, 1874. Pp. 83–89 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Euneomys petersoni in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Euneomys petersoni  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Peterson’s Euneomys, Peterson's Chincilla Mouse