Abstract

TETA, Pablo et al. Small mammals (Didelphimorphia and Rodentia) from Parque Nacional Lihue Calel, La Pampa Province, Argentina. Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2009, vol.16, n.1, pp.183-198. ISSN 0327-9383.

We studied the terrestrial small mammal (<500 g) assemblage from Parque Nacional Lihué Calel (37°57'S, 65°33'O, La Pampa Province, Argentina) in 1993 and 2003-2006. Information about habitat, ecology, reproduction, and population structure is provided for the didelphid marsupials Lestodelphys halli and Thylamys pallidior, the cricetid rodents Akodon azarae, Akodon molinae, Calomys musculinus, Eligmodontia typus, Graomys griseoflavus, Oligoryzomys longicaudatus, and Reithrodon auritus, and the caviomorph rodents Ctenomys cf. C. azarae, Galea musteloides, Microcavia australis, and Tympanoctomys barrerae.

Keywords : Home range;; Lihué Calel; Monte Desert; Natural history; Small mammals.

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