New and noteworthy records of Rodentia (Erethizontidae, Sciuridae, and Cricetidae) from Paraguay
Author
D’Elía, Guillermo
Author
Mora, Ismael
Author
Myers, Phil
Author
Owen, Robert D.
text
Zootaxa
2008
1784
39
57
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.182407
882b995c-8e5b-42a4-ac52-3dcf104ab6ac
1175-5326
182407
Cerradomys maracajuensis
(Langguth and
Bonvicino, 2002
)
Table 1
Type
Locality:
Brazil
, Mato Grosso do Sul: Municipality of Maracaju (approx.
21°38’S
,
55°09’W
) Fazenda da
Mata
.
FIGURE 5.
Dorsal, ventral and lateral views of the cranium and mandible of
Oxymycterus misionalis
from Paraguay (TK 121752). Scale bar = 5 mm.
Distribution
: Known from the
type
locality, in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Municipality of Maracaju (approx.
21º38’S
,
55º09’W
), Fazenda da
Mata
and from one specimen (CE 2589) from
Paraguay
with unpublished locality data.
New records
: PARAGUARI: 9) Paraguari (CE-2584).
SAN PEDRO
: 10) Ganadera La Carolina, 1.5 KM SO de las casas,
24º 06.169´S
56º 25.624´W
(GD 371, GD 372, GD 373, GD 374, GD 375, GD 376); 11) Ganadera La Carolina,
745 m
O
de las casas
24º 05.698' S
56º 25.439' W
(GD 390); 12) Ruta 3 sobre margen norte del Río Jejui Guazu
24º 04.979’ S
56º 26.222’ W
(GD 389).
Figure 1
.
Taxonomy
: This species was recently described and to date no geographic variation has been reported.
Comments
: The first mention of
C. maracajuensis
for
Paraguay
was given by
Pardiñas and Teta (2005)
who mentioned specimen CE 2589 without giving locality data. This specimen was collected at Luque in the Department of Central (Pablo Teta, com. pers.). Our records expand to the northeast and southeast the known distribution of this species in
Paraguay
. A female collected in March (2001) gave birth to three young (measurements of one young were TBL=89, TL=36, HF=12, EL=5, W=
6g
). Other females collected at the same time had open or closed vagina. Specimens in
San Pedro
were collected with traps set on the ground in riparian forest and in nearby grasslands together with
Akodon montensis
,
Calomys callosus, Didelphis
albiventris
Lund, and
Oligoryzomys nigripes
.