Microcavia maenas

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Thomas's 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

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1898-04-01. Descriptions of two new Argentine Rodents. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1(4):283-286.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365495

Original name as described

Cavia maenas

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1896.10.7.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c0e1c42-4452-420a-99d9-9722c12b6d83

Type locality

Chilecito, 1200 m, La Rioja, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

split from M. australis

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

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001204

Country distribution map

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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 maenas

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

maenas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.10.7.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5c0e1c42-4452-420a-99d9-9722c12b6d83

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365495

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Cavia (Cerodon) moenas

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

moenas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

527

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423408

Authority publication

Berlin

Caviella mænas

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

maenas

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

Thomas (1916:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19641)

Caviella australis joannia

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

joannia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.4.8.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/98c1a170-25cf-4cd2-afd5-ff6ed5fd689e

Authority page

446

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Caviella australis salinia

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

salinia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.4.7.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cfcf9be0-3f23-4f56-89eb-bd13aa77a58e

Authority page

447

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626874

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Microcavia australis joannia

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

joannia

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)

Microcavia australis maenas

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

maenas

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)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Microcavia australis salinia

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

salinia

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)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Microcavia maenas

Mammal Diversity Database, 2019

Family

Caviidae

Root name

maenas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #400000630

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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