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- Title
A NEW NORTHERN DISTRIBUTION LIMIT OF Abrocoma bennettii (RODENTIA, ABROCOMIDAE) IN THE COASTAL ATACAMA DESERT, PAPOSO, NORTH OF CHILE.
- Authors
Guzmán, Jonathan A.; Sielfeld, Walter
- Abstract
The article focuses on a study exploring a new northern distribution limit of Abrocoma bennettii, a relatively robust abrocomid rodent endemic to Chile, in the coastal Atacama Desert in Paposo. It presents the finding of a cranium in excellent conditions, which is noted to be the first record of the species in the coastal shrubby Mediterranean desert of the Antofagasta Region, revealing that the record of A. bennettii in the locality of Paposo shows an extension of nearly 280 kilometers to the northeast of its previously known distribution in the Atacama Region.
- Subjects
CHILE; ABROCOMA bennettii; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; RODENTS; MAMMALS; ANIMAL migration; ANIMAL population density; ENDEMIC animals; ANIMAL species
- Publication
Journal of Neotropical Mammalogy / Mastozoologia Neotropical, 2011, Vol 18, Issue 1, p131
- ISSN
0327-9383
- Publication type
Article