Microcavia australis

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & d'Orbigny in I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1833)

Southern Mountain Cavy

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Cavioidea
Family : Caviidae
Subfamily : Caviinae
Genus : Microcavia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1833. Cobaye. Cavia. Linn. C. austral. _C. australis_. Is. Geoff. et d'Orb. Magasin de zoologie 3:pl. 12.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37084128

Original name as described

Cavia australis

Type material

MNHN 1831-21-1952

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"sur les bords du Rio Negro, vers le Quarante-unième degré," lower Río Negro, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile

Taxonomy notes

previously included M. maenas

Taxonomy notes citation

Teta, P., Ojeda, R. A., Lucero, S. O., & D'Elía, G. (2017). Geographic Variation in Cranial Morphology of the Southern Mountain Cavy, Microcavia australis (Rodentia, Caviidae): Taxonomic Implications, with the Description of a New Species. Zoological Studies, 56, e29.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001202

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cavia australis

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & d'Orbigny in I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1833)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1831-21-1952

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

pl. 12 unnumbered p. 1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37084128

Authority publication

Magasin de zoologie

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:101) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Waterhouse (1848:180) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35784)
  3. Blyth (1863:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  5. Fitzinger (1867:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  6. Matschie (1898:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  7. Lahille (1899:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  8. Osgood (1943:142, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)

Kerodon Kingii

(E. T. Bennett, 1836)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

kingii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859952

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cardiodus minus

(Bravard, 1857)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

minus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

16

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Cerodon Kingii

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

kingii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476841

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Microcavia typus

H. F. P. Gervais & F. Ameghino, 1880

Family

Caviidae

Root name

typus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

52

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40470453

Authority publication

Paris

Microcavia typica

F. Ameghino, 1889

Family

Caviidae

Root name

typica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

228

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51769747

Authority publication

Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina

Name usages

Quintana (1996:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26778)

Kerodon australis

(J. A. Allen, 1905)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055701

Authority publication

Princeton

Name usages

Allen (1905:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055701) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34943)

Caviella australis

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1916:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19641)
  2. Thomas (1919:212, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15208)

Caviella australis nigriana

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

nigriana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1911.11.19.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8bb1890f-92d1-452c-929c-6e0fa315d73e

Authority page

446

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626873

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Microcavia australis

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Woods (1993:780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  6. Quintana (1996:67) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26778)
  7. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13319/22189827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microcavia australis australis

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Microcavia australis kingii

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

kingii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

Yepes (1935:242) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

nigricana

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Caviidae

Root name

nigricana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

1554

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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