Southernmost limit of the Vicugna vicugna Molina (Mammalia: Camelidae) in Chile: a review of old records and new field data

Authors

  • Yerko A. Vilina Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile.
  • Franco Cruz-Jofré Universidad Santo Tomás. Santiago, Chile.
  • Valeria Sabaj Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.

Keywords:

Vicugna vicugna vicugna, V. vicugna mensalis, Andean steppe, Argentina, Chile

Abstract

Vicugna vicugna Molina is a mammal of relatively large size and conspicuous habits; nevertheless, its southernmost distribution limit in Chile is not well established. Many authors were fixed this limit at 27º30´S, we deliver field information of a distribution limit 140 km further south to the recently proposed.

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Author Biographies

Yerko A. Vilina, Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile.

Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Recursos Naturales. Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile.

Franco Cruz-Jofré, Universidad Santo Tomás. Santiago, Chile.

Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria. Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Recursos Naturales. Universidad Santo Tomás, Santiago, Chile.

Laboratorio de Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.

Valeria Sabaj, Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.

Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.

Gayana Volumen 79 Número 2 de 2015

Published

2015-06-27

How to Cite

A. Vilina, Y., Cruz-Jofré, F., & Sabaj, V. (2015). Southernmost limit of the Vicugna vicugna Molina (Mammalia: Camelidae) in Chile: a review of old records and new field data. Gayana, 79(2), 212-216. Retrieved from https://revistas.udec.cl/index.php/gayana/article/view/265

Issue

Vol. 79 No. 2 (2015)

Section

Comunicaciones breves