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)
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 mass | 12.73 g | N = 11 | Diaz and Ojeda 1999 |
♂ condyloincisive length | 19.2 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ condyloincisive length | 21.5 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ condyloincisive length | 22.3 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1920 |
♂ ear length | 13.5 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ ear length | 14 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ ear length | 15 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1920 |
♂ head and body length | 72 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ head and body length | 85 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ head and body length | 94 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1920 |
♂ hind foot length | 16.5 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ hind foot length | 16 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ hind foot length | 19 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1920 |
♂ skull length | 21 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ skull length | 23.2 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ skull length | 24.5 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1920 |
♂ skull width | 11.3 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ skull width | 13.4 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1920 |
♂ tail length | 72 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ tail length | 74 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ tail length | 83 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1920 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 3.4 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 3.3 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1916 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 3.5 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 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