Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Eligmodontia morgani Allen, 1901 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 14:409 . TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina , Santa Cruz Prov., basaltic canyons 50 mi SE Lake Buenos Aires . DISTRIBUTION: W Patagonian region of S Argentina and adjacent Chile ; limits of distribution unknown, perhaps as far north as Neuquen Prov. , Argentina . COMMENTS: This species epithet was used by Kelt et al. (1991) for the 2n=32 chromosomal form but whether this karyotype characterizes animals from the type locality needs verification. Other forms of Eligmodontia occur in the area.