Cuniculus taczanowskii

(Stolzmann, 1885)

Mountain Paca

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Cavioidea
Family : Cuniculidae
Genus : Cuniculus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Stolzmann, J. 1885-06. Description d'un nouveau Rongeur du genre _Cœlogenys._. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885(1):161-168.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697120

Original name as described

Coelogenys taczanowskii

Type material

MIZ 77780

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"habite les montagnes de l'Equadeur entre 6000 et 10,000 pieds au dessus du niveau de la mer. Elle n'est pas très rare dans les forêts des deux versants des Andes," Pichincha, Ecuador.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

includes hernandezi (which is a nomen nudum)

Taxonomy notes citation

Castro, J. J., López, J. B., & Becerra, F. (2010). Una nueva especie de Cuniculus (Rodentia: Cuniculidae) de la cordillera Central de Colombia. Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Ciencias Biológicas, 22, 122-131. · Ramírez-Chaves, H. E., & Solari, S. (2014). On the availability of the name Cuniculus hernandezi Castro, López, and Becerra, 2010 (Rodentia: Cuniculidae). Actualidades Biológicas, 36(100), 59-62.

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001214

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.

Agouti sierrae

(O. Thomas, 1905)

Family

Cuniculidae

Root name

sierrae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.2.5.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3844dd97-1adc-4339-836a-9078e266aced

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19244139

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Coelogenys taczanowskii

(Stolzmann, 1885)

Family

Cuniculidae

Root name

taczanowskii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MIZ 77780

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

161

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28697120

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Agouti [Coelogenys] sierrae andina

(Lönnberg, 1913)

Family

Cuniculidae

Root name

andinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

28

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6426234

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

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

Cuniculus taczanowskii

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cuniculidae

Root name

taczanowskii

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. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #700) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001214) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/700/22197554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Agouti taczanowskii

(Honacki, Kinman, & Koeppl, 1982)

Family

Cuniculidae

Root name

taczanowskii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

575, 576

Authority publication

Lawrence

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:575, 576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Agouti thomasi

(Eaton, 1916)

Family

Cuniculidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

89

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31943069

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences

Cuniculus hernandezi

J. J. Castro, J. B. López, & Becerra, 2010

Family

Cuniculidae

Root name

hernandezi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

130

Authority publication

Revista de la Asociación Colombiana de Ciencias Biológicas

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