Range extension and first record of Euryzygomatomys spinosus (Rodentia, Echimyidae) in the Brazilian Cerrado

We present herein the first record of Euryzygomatomys spinosus (G. Fischer, 1814) in the Brazilian Cerrado, based on two adult male specimens collected in a “campo limpo” (dry grassland) area at Sempre Vivas National Park, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, in June and August 2014. This tax...

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Published inCheck list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 1742 - 7
Main Authors Loss, Ana Carolina, Pacheco, Marco Aurélio C., Leite, Yuri Luiz Reis, Caldara-Junior, Vilacio, Lessa, Leonardo G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pensoft Publishers 17.09.2015
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Summary:We present herein the first record of Euryzygomatomys spinosus (G. Fischer, 1814) in the Brazilian Cerrado, based on two adult male specimens collected in a “campo limpo” (dry grassland) area at Sempre Vivas National Park, state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil, in June and August 2014. This taxon was previously known only from the Brazilian Pampas, Paraguayan Chaco Humedo and Atlantic Forest of southeastern and southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina and southern Paraguay.  Our records increased the species geographic range 250 km northward, into the Cerrado ecoregion.
ISSN:1809-127X
1809-127X
DOI:10.15560/11.5.1742