Kerodon acrobata

Moojen, Locks, & Langguth, 1997

Acrobatic Cavy

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Moojen, J., Locks, M. and Langguth, A.R. 1997. A new species of Kerodon Cuvier, 1825 from the state of Goiás, Brazil (Mammalia, Rodentia, Caviidae). Boletim do Museu Nacional (Zoologia)377:1-10.

Original name as described

Kerodon acrobata

Other common names

Acrobatic Moco · Climbing Cavy

Type material

MN 22729

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Fazenda Santa Helena, at Rio São Mateus, about 72 km from São Domingos and 60 km from Posse (by road), 13° 50' S, 46° 50' W, Goiás, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001211

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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.

Kerodon acrobata

Moojen, Locks, & Langguth, 1997

Family

Caviidae

Root name

acrobata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 22729

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Boletim do Museu Nacional

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136222) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001211) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136222/22190183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Kerodon acrobata

Mares & R. A. Ojeda, 1982

Family

Caviidae

Root name

acrobata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

394

Authority publication

Pittsburgh

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