Dolichotis salinicola

Burmeister, 1876

Chacoan Mara

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Burmeister, H. 1876-04. Description of a new species of Dolichotis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875(4):634-637.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501914

Original name as described

Dolichotis salinicola

Other common names

Dwarf Mara · Dwarf Patagonian Cavy · Dwarf Patagonian Hare

Type locality

"Central Argentine Railway… near the stations Totoralejo and Recreo, about lat. 29° S and 65° W," Catamarca, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

had been placed under a separate genus, Pediolagus, but retaining the species under Dolichotis appears to be the most parsimonious decision to retain stability of the related fossil taxa, which is followed here

Taxonomy notes citation

Campo, D. H., Caraballo, D. A., Cassini, G. H., Lucero, S. O., & Teta, P. (2020). Integrative taxonomy of extant maras supports the recognition of the genera Pediolagus and Dolichotis within the Dolichotinae (Rodentia, Caviidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 101(3), 817-834. · Madozzo-Jaén, M. C., Pérez, M. E., & Deschamps, C. M. (2021). The oldest species of Dolichotis (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the pliocene of Argentina: redescription and taxonomic status of “Orthomyctera” chapalmalense. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 28(3), 995-1013.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001208

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.

Pediolagus salinicola cyniclus

(Cabrera, 1953)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

cyniclus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 54-165

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Name usages

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

Pediolagus salinicola

(J. Yepes, 1935)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

salinicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

245

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

Yepes (1935:245) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Dolichotis salinicola

Burmeister, 1876

Family

Caviidae

Root name

salinicola

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

635

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28501914

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lahille (1899:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:573, 574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6786/22190451) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dolichotis centralis

Weyenbergh, 1877

Family

Caviidae

Root name

centralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

247

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

Name usages

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

Dolichotis salinica

Weyenbergh, 1877

Family

Caviidae

Root name

salinica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

247

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen

Dolichotis salinicola ballivianensis

Krumbiegel, 1941

Family

Caviidae

Root name

ballivianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

22

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

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

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