Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Superfamily Muroidea
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
894-1531
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Calomys expulsus
Calomys expulsus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Calomys expulsus: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Morphologically similar to but karyotypically strongly divergent (2n = 66, FN = 68) from C. callosus (Bonvicino and Almeida, 2000), the species with which it had been previously synonymized (Hershkovitz, 1962; Musser and Carleton, 1993). Morphometric, karyotypic, distributional, and ecological distinctions from C. tener summarized by Bonvicino and Almeida (2000); those authors also noted that past faunal and ecological reports on Calomys from C Brazil, identified as C. callosus (e.g., Mares...