Lagidium ahuacaense
Ledesma, Werner, Spotorno, & L. Albuja, 2009
Ecuadorean Mountain Viscacha
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Chinchilloidea |
| Family | : Chinchillidae |
| Genus | : Lagidium |
Species status
Authority citation
Ledesma, K.J., Werner, F.A., Spotorno, Á.E. and Albuja, L. 2009-06-05. A new species of mountain viscacha (Chinchillidae: Lagidium Meyen) from the Ecuadorean Andes. Zootaxa 2126:41-57.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2126.1.2Original name as described
Lagidium ahuacaense
Other common names
Ecuadorean Viscacha · Viscacha of Ahuaca
Type material
MEPN 10237
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Cerro El Ahuaca, Parroquia Cariamarga, Canton Calvas, Loja Province, Ecuador (04° 18' 2" S, 79° 32' 47" W)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Ledesma, K., Werner, F., Spotorno, A., & Albuja Viteri, L. H. (2009). A new species of mountain viscacha (Chinchillidae: Lagidium Meyen) from the Ecuadorean Andes. Zootaxa, 2126, 41-57.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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