Microcavia niata

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Northern 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

Thomas, O. 1898-04-01. On some new mammals from the neighbourhood of Mount Sahama, Bolivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1(4):277-283.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365493

Original name as described

Cavia niata

Other common names

Andean Mountain Cavy

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.16.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a78fd48d-eccd-4dba-b538-c59fb15c27f7

Type locality

"Esperanza, a ‘tambo'in the neighbourhood of Mount Sahama, Bolivia…at an altitude of 4000 metres in the ‘Puna' region," La Paz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Chile

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001205

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 niata

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

niata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.16.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a78fd48d-eccd-4dba-b538-c59fb15c27f7

Authority page

282

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365493

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Kerodon niata pallidior

(O. Thomas, 1902)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

pallidior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.2.2.81

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cc516e9e-5264-44f2-b390-02061a960a78

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331512

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Monticavia niata

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

niata

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)

Monticavia niata pallidior

(O. Thomas, 1916)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

pallidior

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)

Microcavia niata palldiior

Hückinghaus, 1961

Family

Caviidae

Root name

palldiior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

84

Authority publication

Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie

Microcavia niata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Caviidae

Root name

niata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

190

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Woods (1993:780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  5. Quintana (1996:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26778)
  6. Anderson (1997:483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  7. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13320) (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/1001205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13320/22189752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Microcavia niata niata

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Caviidae

Root name

niata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

484

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1997:484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Microcavia niata pallidior

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Caviidae

Root name

pallidior

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

484

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1997:484) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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