Calomys musculinus (rodent)

Mass: 12.7 g based on Diaz and Ojeda 1999

Abundance: 0.71 to 59.62% (median 10.82%)

Latitudinal range: -43.4° to -31.6°

Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (5), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), temperate savanna (4)

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Found in 10 samples

Argentina: Estancia La Mimosa, Santa Fe City, Exaltación de la Cruz (autumn), Exaltación de la Cruz (spring), Chucul, Mendoza (disturbed grassland), Mendoza (undisturbed thicket), Ñacuñân Biosphere Reserve, MaB Reserve of Ñacuñan (arboreal), MaB Reserve of Ñacuñan (ground)

Size measurements:
body mass12.73 gN = 11Diaz and Ojeda 1999
♂ condyloincisive length19.2 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ condyloincisive length21.5 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ condyloincisive length22.3 mmN = 1Thomas 1920
♂ ear length13.5 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ ear length14 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ ear length15 mmN = 1Thomas 1920
♂ head and body length72 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ head and body length85 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ head and body length94 mmN = 1Thomas 1920
♂ hind foot length16.5 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ hind foot length16 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ hind foot length19 mmN = 1Thomas 1920
♂ skull length21 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ skull length23.2 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ skull length24.5 mmN = 1Thomas 1920
♂ skull width11.3 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ skull width13.4 mmN = 1Thomas 1920
♂ tail length72 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ tail length74 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ tail length83 mmN = 1Thomas 1920
♂ upper tooth row length3.4 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ upper tooth row length3.3 mmN = 1Thomas 1916
♂ upper tooth row length3.5 mmN = 1Thomas 1920

See also Calomys, Calomys C. laucha-C. musculinus, Calomys callosus, Calomys cerqueirai, Calomys expulsus, Calomys laucha, Calomys sp., Calomys tener, Calomys tocantinsi, Calomys venustus