Eligmodontia morgani (rodent)
Mass: 16.5 g based on Kelt 1994
Abundance: 16.09 to 75.41% (median 59.94%)
Latitudinal range: -47.7° to -41.2°Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (5), temperate savanna (1)
Found in 6 samples
Argentina: East of Bariloche, Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (cañadón), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (estepa arbustiva), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (estepa subarbustiva), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (Tyto alba), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (Bubo magellanicus)
Size measurements:
body mass | 16.53 g | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
ear length | 16.00 mm | N = 22 | Sikes et al. 1997 |
♀ ear length | 13 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
ear length | 15.33 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♀ head and body length | 85 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
hind foot length | 22.27 mm | N = 22 | Sikes et al. 1997 |
♀ hind foot length | 23 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
hind foot length | 22.08 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♀ lower tooth row length | 4 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
lower tooth row length | 3.77 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♀ skull length | 24 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
skull length | 23.49 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♀ skull width | 12 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
skull width | 12.43 mm | N = 19 | Kelt 1994 |
tail length | 78.05 mm | N = 22 | Sikes et al. 1997 |
♀ tail length | 80 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
tail length | 74.80 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
total body length | 166.36 mm | N = 22 | Sikes et al. 1997 |
♀ total body length | 165 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
total body length | 158.10 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
upper tooth row length | 3.60 mm | N = 22 | Sikes et al. 1997 |
♀ upper tooth row length | 4 mm | N = 1 | Allen 1901 |
upper tooth row length | 3.74 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
See also Eligmodontia, Eligmodontia puerulus, Eligmodontia sp., Eligmodontia typus