Microcavia shiptoni

(O. Thomas, 1925)

Shipton'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1925-03-01. A new genus of cavy from Catamarca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)15(87):418-420.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932508633224

Original name as described

Nanocavia shiptoni

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1925.3.1.64

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9afef892-ba56-4b02-a77d-23406cf3fe6c

Type locality

"Laguna Blanca, Catamarca. Altitude 3400 m," Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001206

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.

Nanocavia shiptoni

(O. Thomas, 1925)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

shiptoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.3.1.64

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9afef892-ba56-4b02-a77d-23406cf3fe6c

Authority page

419

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Microcavia shiptoni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Caviidae

Root name

shiptoni

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, 575) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Quintana (1996:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/26778)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13321/22189676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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