annotated checklist of mammal species of cordoba

annotated checklist of mammal species of cordoba

ISSN 0327-9383
Mastozoología Neotropical; 4(2):129-136
SAREM, 1997
ANNOTATED CHECKLIST OF MAMMAL SPECIES
OF CORDOBA PROVINCE, ARGENTINA
Mariana Morando1 and Jaime J. Polop2
1
CRILAR-CONICET, C.P. 5301, Anillaco, La Rioja, Argentina. 2Dpto de Ciencias Naturales. U.N.R.C.
Agencia postal N° 3. C.P. 5800 Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina. T.E.: 058-676236. Fax: 058-676230.
Email: [email protected]
ABSTRACT: The knowledge of Córdoba Province mammals is characterized by being
fragmentary and incomplete. Systematic studies are scarce and the best known records are
about rodents and some species of bats. For that reason, the main purpose of this work is
to present a list of the mammalian species of the province. The sources of information are
unpublished data of the authors, a revision of the lists of references of collections from
national and regional museums, and bibliographic research. The sequence of orders, families,
and the scientific nomenclature follows that of Monjeau et al. (1994) and Galliari et al. (1996),
except for the cases commented in the footnotes. We establish a list of 71 species, grouped
in 54 genus, and 20 families. The most numerous order is Rodentia, with 25 species,
grouped in 17 genus and 6 families. Quiroptera has 15 species, grouped in 10 genus and
3 families. The list includes 5 exotic species.
RESUMEN: Lista comentada de las especies de mamíferos de Córdoba. El conocimiento
sobre los mamíferos presentes en la Provincia de Córdoba se caracteriza por ser fragmentario e incompleto. Los estudios sistemáticos son escasos y los registros más conocidos
corresponden a roedores y a algunas especies de murciélagos. En razón de ello, el objetivo
de este trabajo es presentar una lista de las especies de mamíferos de la Provincia. La
información se relevó a partir de datos no publicados de los autores, revisión de listados de
colecciones de referencia de museos nacionales y regionales, y a partir de revisiones bibliográficas. La secuencia de órdenes y familias y la nomenclatura científica, sigue la taxonomía
utilizada por Monjeau et al. (1994) y Galliari et al. (1996), excepto en los casos aclarados
a pie de página. Se establece un registro de 71 especies, agrupadas en 54 géneros y 20
familias. El orden más numeroso es Rodentia, con 25 especies, agrupadas en 17 géneros
y 6 familias. Le sigue en segundo término el orden Quiroptera, con 15 especies, 10 géneros
y 3 familias. Se incluyen 5 especies exóticas.
Key words: mammals, Córdoba Province, annotated checklist, taxonomy.
Palabras clave: mamíferos, Provincia de Córdoba, lista comentada, taxonomía.
INTRODUCTION
As a result of its geographic position, geomorphologic processes, climatic conditions, and
its vegetational and faunal evolutionary processes, the Córdoba Province presents a remarkable habitat variability. In this region,
Guayanic-Brasilic and Andean-Patagonic faunistic components converge (Ringuelet, 1961)
Recibido 18 junio 1996. Aceptado 28 julio 1997.
(Fig. 1). In spite of their species richness
(Bucher y Abalos, 1979; Luti et al., 1979),
wild mammals have been scarcely studied in
the province; except for sigmodontine rodents
and certain groups of bats (Crespo et al., 1961;
Polop et al., 1985; Polop, 1989, 1991, 1996;
Gutierrez et al., 1991, 1996; Tiranti, 1996).
This lack of information, new or previously
unknown species for this region and changes
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Neotropic Subregions in Córdoba Province: a-Guayanic-Brasilic Subregion; b-Andean-Patagonic Subregion.
in the nomenclature are the basis of this work,
therefore the aim of the present paper is to
show the mastofaunistic diversity of Córdoba.
The information was collected from captures
and field observations since 1982, as well as
from the examination of mastozoological collections of national museums: Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” and Museo La Plata; and regional museums: Museo Regional Morteros, Museo Independencia and Museo Particular Rocsen. A
bibliographic review was done (Yepes, 1929;
Cabrera, 1958, 1961; Cabrera and Yepes, 1960;
Bucher and Abalos, 1979; Rosacher and Miatello, 1990; Redford and Eisenberg, 1992;
Bárquez et al., 1993; Gardner, 1993a, 1993b;
Koopman, 1993; Musser and Carleton, 1993;
Woods, 1993; Chebez, 1994), and unpublished
information was gathered from specialists. To
show the results of this paper we follow the
nomenclature and the scheme used by Monjeau et al. (1994) and Galliari et al. (1996).
Since the systematic lists are shortlived at
present, certainly future distributional, taxonomic and field studies will contribute to improve the present work.
Species’ Checklist
Supercohort Metatheria
Superorder Marsupialia
Order Didelphimorphia
Family Didelphidae Gray, 1821
Subfamily Didelphinae Gray, 1821
Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758
Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840
Lutreolina Thomas, 1910
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Lutreolina crassicaudata
(Desmarest 1804)
Monodelphis Burnett, 1830
Monodelphis dimidiata
(Wagner, 1847)
Thylamys Gray, 1843
Thylamys pusillus
(Desmarest, 1804) 1
Supercohort Eutheria
Superorder Xenarthra 2
Order Cingulata Illiger, 1811
Family Dasypodidae Gray, 1821
Subfamily Dasypodinae Gray, 1821
Dasypus Linnaeus, 1758
Dasypus hybridus
(Desmarest, 1804) 3
Subfamily Euphractinae Pocock, 1924
Chaetophractus Fitzinger, 1871
Chaetophractus vellerosus
(Gray, 1865)
Chaetophractus villosus
(Desmarest, 1804)
Zaedyus Ameghino, 1889
Zaedyus pichiy
(Desmarest, 1804)
Subfamily Tolypeutinae Gray, 1865
Tolypeutes Illiger, 1811
Tolypeutes matacus
(Desmarest, 1804)
Subfamily Priodontinae Gray, 1873
Cabassous Mc Murtrie, 1831
Cabassous chacoensis Wetzel,
1980
Priodontes F. Cuvier, 1825
Priodontes maximus
(Kerr, 1792) 4
1 Birney et al. (1996) suggested that the taxon Thylamys
pusillus could include two species. A more exhaustive revision of the taxonomic status of T. pusillus is
nedeed.
2 Reig (1981) include the cohort Paratheria (=Edentata)
as a taxon between the supercohort Eutheria and the
superorder Xenarthra, with the intention to include
the pangolins as a sister group of the Xenarthra, in
the superorder Nomarthra, Order Pholidota. For practical reasons, and to simplify the present scheme, we
omitted the inclusion of Paratheria in the checklist.
3 Roig (1991) includes the northest part of Córdoba
Province in the distribution of E. sexcintus; we could
not find any reference indicating that this species is
found in the province.
4 Called P. giganteus Fischer, 1814 by Cabrera (1958).
Only one individual was recorded in the last ten years
(Aprile and Massoia, 1989).
Subfamily Chlamyphorinae Bonaparte,
1850
Chlamyphorus Harlam, 1825
Chlamyphorus truncatus
Harlam, 1825
Order Chiroptera
Suborder Microchiroptera
Family Phyllostomidae Gray, 1825
Subfamily Desmodontinae Bonaparte,
1845
Desmodus Wied-Neuwied, 1826
Desmodus rotundus
(E. Geoffroy, 1810)
Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821
Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
Eptesicus Rafinesque, 1820
Eptesicus furinalis
(d’Orbigny, 1847)
Histiotus Gervais, 1856
Histiotus macrotus
(Poeppig, 1835)
Histiotus montanus
(Philippi and Landbeck, 1861)
Lasiurus Gray, 1831
Lasiurus blossevillii
(Lesson and Garnot, 1826) 5
Lasiurus cinereus
(Beauvois, 1796)
Lasiurus ega (Gervais, 1856)
Myotis Kaup, 1829
Myotis levis (I. Geoffroy, 1824)
Family Molossidae Gervais, 1856
Eumops Miller, 1906
Eumops bonariensis
(Peters, 1874)
Eumops perotis (Schinz, 1821)
Molossops Peters, 1865
Molossops temminckii
(Burmeister, 1854)
Molossus E. Geoffroy, 1805
Molossus ater E. Geoffroy, 1805
Molossus molossus
(Pallas, 1766)6
Promops Gervais, 1856
Promops nasutus (Spix, 1823)
Tadarida Rafinesque, 1814
Tadarida brasiliensis
(I. Geoffroy, 1824)
5 Following Baker et al. (1988), and Morales and
Birckham (1995), we consider the South American
red bat, previously known as L. borealis, as L.
blossevillii.
6 Called M. major by Cabrera (1958:130).
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Order Carnivora
Suborder Caniformia
Family Canidae Fischer, 1817
Lycalopex Burmeister, 1954
Lycalopex culpaeus
(Molina, 1782) 7
Lycalopex gymnocercus
(Fischer, 1814) 8
Family Mustelidae Fischer, 1817
Subfamily Lutrinae Bonaparte, 1838
Lontra Gray, 1843
Lontra longicaudis (Olfers, 1818) 9
Subfamily Mephitinae Bonaparte, 1845
Conepatus Gray, 1837
Conepatus chinga
(Molina, 1782)
Conepatus humboldtii
Gray, 1837
Subfamily Galictinae Reig, 1957
Galictis Bell, 1826
Galictis cuja (Molina 1782)
Lyncodon Gervais, 1845
Lyncodon patagonicus
(de Blainville, 1842)
Suborder Feliformia
Family Felidae Fischer, 1817
Subfamily Felinae Fischer, 1817
Herpailurus Severtzov, 1858
Herpailurus yaguarondi
(La cépède, 1809)
Lynchailurus Severtzov, 1858
Lynchailurus pajeros
(Desmarest, 1816)
Oncifelis Severtzov, 1858
Oncifelis geoffroyi
(d’Orbigny and Gervais, 1844)10
Puma Jardine, 1834
Puma concolor (Linnaeus, 1771)
Order Artiodactyla
Family Camelidae Gray, 1821
Lama G. Cuvier, 1800
7 The subspecies Lycalopex culpaeus smithersi (Thomas) is restricted to Pampa de Achala, Córdoba
(Cabrera, 1958:232).
8 Lycalopex gymnocercus and L. griseus are considered
as clinal variations of the same species (Zunino et
al.,1995).
9 Called platensis by Olrog and Lucero (1981) and
Cabrera (1958).
10 The type locality of the subspecies Oncifelis geoffroyi
salinarum Thomas, is Cruz del Eje, Córdoba.
Lama guanicoe (Müller, 1776) 11
Family Cervidae Goldfuss, 1820
Subfamily Odocoileinae Pocock, 1923
Mazama Rafinesque, 1817
Mazama gouazoupira
(G. Fischer, 1814) 12
Family Tayassuidae Palmer, 1897
Pecari Reichenbach, 1835
Pecari tajacu (Linnaeus, 1758) 13
Order Rodentia
Suborder Sciurognathi
Family Muridae Illiger, 1815
Subfamily Sigmodontinae Wagner,
1843
Tribu Akodontini
Akodon Meyen, 1833
Akodon azarae (Fischer, 1829)
Akodon boliviensis Meyen, 1833
Akodon dolores Thomas, 1916
Necromys Thomas, 1916
Necromys benefactus
(Waterhouse, 1837) 14
Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837 15
11 The distribution of this species is restricted to a provincial reserve (Ronchetti, 1994).
12 Although the specific name is based on the gouazobira
of Azara, the original spelling was “gouazoupira”
not gouazoubira (Grubb, 1993).
13 As cited by Grubb (1993), the use of appropiate generic names for these taxa is controversial. The correct generic name for collared peccaries appears to be
Pecari.
14 This genre, before being recognized in this taxonomic
category, was used as a subgenre of Akodon by
Ellerman (1941) and Cabrera (1961), and was also
used as a synonym of Cabreramys. Reig (1987) determined its statuts and incorporated Cabreramys as a
synonym of Bolomys. Nevertheless, Massoia and
Pardiñas (1993), using the original rest in a new study,
consider the Necromys genre (Ameghino, 1889) valid,
placing Bolomys as a subjective synonym of Necromys.
15 The taxonomy of this genus is still unknown. Vitullo
et al. (1986), has shown that the karyotypes of several species are identical. In his latest work,
Hershkovitz (1994) divides the genus into an Atlantic
Division and an Andean Division. However, he gives
no instructions about how to identify the different
taxa. Polop (1989, 1991) determined the presence of
O. paramensis based on morphologic and fur characteristics. Galliari (per. com.) suggested that this characteristics could be phenotipic variations of O. rufus
related with the altitude, so that we do not include it
in the present work.
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Oxymycterus rufus
(Fischer, 1814)
Tribu Oryzomyini Vorontzov, 1959
Holochilus Brandt, 1835
Holochilus sp.
Oligoryzomys Bangs, 1900
Oligoryzomys flavescens
(Waterhouse, 1837)
Tribu Phyllotini Vorontzov, 1959
Calomys Waterhouse, 1837
Calomys laucha (Fischer, 1814)
Calomys musculinus
(Thomas, 1913)
Calomys venustus
(Thomas, 1894) 16
Graomys Thomas, 1916
Graomys sp. 17
Phyllotis Waterhouse, 1837
Phyllotis xanthopygus
(Waterhouse, 1837) 18
Reithrodon Waterhouse, 1837
Reithrodon auritus
(Fischer, 1814)
Family Caviidae Gray, 1821
Subfamily Caviinae Gray, 1821
Tribu Caviini Massoia, Lezcano y
Reboledo, 1990
Cavia Pallas, 1766
Cavia aperea Erxleben, 1777
Galea Meyen, 1832
Galea musteloides Meyen, 1832
Tribu Microcavinii Massoia, Lezcano
y Reboledo, 1990
Microcavia H. Gervais and
Ameghino, 1880
Microcavia australis
(I. Geoffroy and d’Orbigny,
1833)
Subfamily Dolichotinae Pocock, 1922
Dolichotis Desmarest, 1820
Dolichotis patagonum
(Zimmerman, 1780)
Dolichotis salinicola
Burmeister, 1786
Suborder Hystricognathi
Family Chinchillidae Bennett, 1833
Lagostomus Brooks, 1828
Lagostomus maximus
(Desmarest, 1817)
Family Hydrochaeridae Gray, 1825
Hydrochoerus Brisson, 1762
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Family Myocastoridae Ameghino, 1904
Myocastor Kerr, 1792
Myocastor coypus
(Molina, 1782)
Family Ctenomyidae Lesson, 1842
Ctenomys Blainville, 1826 19
Ctenomys osvaldoreigi
Contreras, 1995
Ctenomys rosendopascuali
Contreras, 1995
Ctenomys pundti Nehring, 1900
Ctenomys bergi Thomas, 1902
Introduced mammals
16 Cosquín village, Córdoba, is the type locality of the
form Calomys venustus (Thomas, 1894), recognized
by Cabrera (1961), but synonymized Calomys callosus
by Hershkovitz (1962). Musser and Carleton (1993)
followed this criterion and considered C. venustus as
synonym of C. callosus. In spite of that, citogenetic
studies using individuals of the type locality of C.
callosus in Paraguay and from the central region of
Argentina (Hurtado and Wainberg, 1974; Lisanti et
al., 1976; Pearson and Patton, 1976; Gardenal et al,
1977; Forcone et al., 1980; Reig, 1984; Vitullo et al.,
1990) allow the revalidation of Calomys venustus.
17 Theiler and Blanco (1996 ) found that the karyomorph
2n = 42 from Córdoba is a separate sibling species
from those of the 2n = 38-36 complex (G.
griseoflavus).
18 The complexity of this species needs further information. In previous works in Córdoba Province, the authors called it P. darwini, but there is a controversy
in whether this species would be assigned to P. darwini
or to P. xanthopygus. Here we followed Galliari et al.
(1996).
Order Lagomorpha
Family Leporidae Fischer, 1817
Lepus Linnaeus, 1758
Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778
Order Rodentia
Suborder Sciurognathi
Family Muridae Illiger, 1815
Subfamily Murinae Illiger, 1815
Mus Linnaeus, 1758
Mus domesticus Schwarz
y Schwarz, 1953
19 The assemblage of Ctenomys species has more than
60 representatives in South America. This genus is
being reviewed by Contreras (1995a, 1995b) and
Contreras et al. (1994). The species are variable in
chromosome number, but fairly uniform in morphology. In the Córdoba plain in the south of Río Cuarto,
there are dispersed populations that belong to the
“mendocinus complex”. The status of each one is not
clear, and they probably are new species.
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Rattus Fischer, 1803
Rattus norvegicus
(Berkenhout, 1769)
Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Order Artiodactyla
Family Suidae Gray, 1821
Sus Linnaeus, 1758
Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The comments of Adrián Monjeau, Oliver
Pearson, Michael Mares, Janet Braun, Elio
Massoia, Julio Contreras and an anonymous
reviewer are greatly appreciated by the authors.
This study was supported by the Secretary
of Science and Technique of the National
University of Río Cuarto (SECyT) and partially by the Research Council of the Province
of Cordoba (CONICOR). We want to thank
Mr. Marcos Torres for his assistance in the
field and the cooperation of Angel Francisco
Molli (Museo Regional Morteros), Juan
Santiago Bouchon (Museo Rocsen), Marta
Piantanida (Museo Bernardino Rivadavia), and
the chairman of Museo Independencia, Colegio
Leon XIII.
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