Lagidium viscacia

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Common 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna, 367 pp.

Authority publication link

https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/9635

Original name as described

Lepus Viscacia

Other common names

Mountain Viscacha · Southern Viscacha · Southern Mountain Viscacha

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by W. H. Osgood in 1943 to "Chilean Andes; cordillera of Santiago."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia · Chile · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

has included L. peruanum as a synonym or subspecies, but molecular and morphological data tentatively support the species status of L. peruanum for the time being

Taxonomy notes citation

Spotorno, A.E. and Patton, J.L. 2015. Superfamily Chinchilloidea Bennett, 1833. In: Patton, J.L., Pardinas, U.F.J. and D'Elia, G. (eds), Mammals of South America Volume 2: Rodents, pp. 762-778. University of Chicago Press. · Teta, P., & Lucero, S. O. (2017). Notes on the taxonomy of mountain viscachas of the genus Lagidium Meyen 1833 (Rodentia: Chinchillidae). Therya, 8(1), 27-33.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001233

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Lepus Viscacia

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscacia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

307

Authority publication

Bologna

Lepus viscaccica

(Brandis, 1786)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

272

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

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

Lepus Viscaccia

(J. F. Gmelin, 1788)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

160

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751380

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Gmelin (1788:160, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  2. Kerr (1792:277, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  3. Turton (1802:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772956) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  4. Goldfuss (1809:180, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  5. Lesson (1827:298, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Arctomys Viscaccia

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Arctomys Viscauia

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscauia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

208

Authority publication

Weimar

Name usages

Olfers (1818:208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38523)

Cavia viscaccia

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

442

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Muirhead (1819:442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Dasyprocta? Viscaccia

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

381

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Lagotis Cuvieri

(E. T. Bennett, 1833)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859499

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Lesson (1842:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lagotis pallipes

(E. T. Bennett, 1835)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30568576

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gay (1847:95, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256543) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)

Lagotis criniger

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

criniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

105

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagotis criniger

(Gay, 1847)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

crinigerum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256540

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Gay (1847:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256540) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)
  2. Philippi (1860:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6725478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69180)

Lagidium Cuvieri

Schmarda, 1853

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

560

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

  1. Schmarda (1853:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
  2. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Fitzinger (1867:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lagidium pallipes

Schmarda, 1853

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

560

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

  1. Schmarda (1853:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
  2. Fitzinger (1861:394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
  3. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  4. Fitzinger (1867:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  5. Thomas (1893:340, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16303)
  6. Lahille (1899:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Lagidium crinigerum

Fitzinger, 1867

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

crinigerum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

129

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476815

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Lagidium crassidens

R. A. Philippi, 1896

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

crassidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35028997

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

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

Lagidium crinigerum

R. A. Philippi, 1896

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

crinigerum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35028997

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

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

Lagidium lutescens

R. A. Philippi, 1896

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

lutescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

8

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35028995

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile

Name usages

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

Lagidium viscaccia

Matschie, 1898

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

18

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241837

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1898:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Vizcacia viscacia

(J. A. Allen, 1900)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscacia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308249

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Allen (1900:184, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20703)

Vizcacia viscaccica

(Rehn, 1900)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccicum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

167

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308283

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Rehn (1900:167, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2308283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20699)

Viscaccia cuscus

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

cuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.1.1.104

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/761efcf1-0c1d-48c0-8720-28e8d3dac6dc

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254903

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Viscaccia perlutea

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

perluteum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.2.2.89bis

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254903

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Viscaccia tucumana

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

tucumanum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1905.10.29.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/aae08e04-d465-42df-95dd-dd673a9ccbf1

Authority page

444

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254904

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Viscaccia viscaccia

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

441

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254901

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Lagidium lockwoodi

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

lockwoodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.2.7.57

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/09d29a66-39c6-4475-938b-a8d8993829e0

Authority page

499

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688448

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Yepes (1935:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Lagidium vulcani

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

vulcani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.8.2.32

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/32de91f5-46be-4d0c-ba0f-bc2d1b8e9f8e

Authority page

133

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615920

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Yepes (1935:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Lagidium famatinae

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

famatinae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.8.4.57

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f43f7c6f-8024-4313-8bf4-0ef0f7f1062e

Authority page

421

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240219

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Yepes (1935:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Lagidium tontalis

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

tontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.6.21.39

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/57082444-54e5-4d3f-9bd0-c2e88494100d

Authority page

219

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19332576

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Yepes (1935:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Lagidium viatorum

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viatorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.6.24.21

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9d936ec4-c27e-4b31-84d2-47870a90bcf8

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19332577

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Yepes (1935:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Lagidium tucumanum

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

tucumanum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

247

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

Yepes (1935:247) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Lagidium viscacia cuvieri

Osgood, 1943

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

cuvieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778148

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1943:138, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  2. Anderson (1997:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium viscacia famatinae

Osgood, 1943

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

famatinae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778150

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1943:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium viscacia

Osgood, 1943

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscacia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778147

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1943:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Woods (1993:778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  5. Anderson (1997:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  6. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  7. Ledesma, Werner, Spotorno & Albuja (2009:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3129)
  8. Patterson & Upham (2014:955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/24239)
  9. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  10. Teta & Lucero (2017:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67874)
  11. Álvarez & Ercoli (2017:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35421)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Teta, Abba, Cassini, Flores, Galliari, Lucero & Ramírez (2018:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43918)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  15. Álvarez, Ercoli & Verzi (2020:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44904)
  16. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  17. Villarroel, Jiménez, Mella & Peñaloza-García (2021:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56560)
  18. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  19. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11148/22190789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lagidium viscacia viscacia

Osgood, 1943

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscacia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778147

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1943:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium viscacia cuscus

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

cuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

476

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1997:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium viscacia perlutea

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

perluteum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

477

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1997:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium viscacia lockwoodi

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

lockwoodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lagidium peruanum pallipes

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

pallipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lagidium viscacia tontalis

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

tontalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lagidium viscacia tucumana

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

tucumanum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lagidium viscacia viatorum

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viatorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Lagidium viscacia vulcani

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

vulcani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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