Lagostomus maximus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Common Plains Viscacha

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Chinchilloidea
Family : Chinchillidae
Genus : Lagostomus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Desmarest, A.G. 1817. GERBOISE, Mus, Linn., Pallas; Jaculus, Erxleb.; Dipus, Boddaërt, Schreber, Gmelin, Cuvier, Illiger. Pp. 113–128 in Société de naturalistes et d'agriculteurs. (eds.). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle. Nouvelle Édition. Tome XIII. Deterville, Paris, 586 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18057249

Original name as described

Dipus maximus

Other common names

Argentine Plains Viscacha · Plains Viscacha · Peruvian Plains Viscacha

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1961 to southern Corrientes Province, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

includes crassus based on morphological data, which has generally been considered a distinct extinct species based on a single skull from Peru

Taxonomy notes citation

Hadler, P., Galliari, C. A., & Pardiñas, U. F. (2024). Chancy History of a Supposedly Vanished South American Rodent, Lagostomus crassus, with Remarks on Recent Extinctions in Caviomorphs. In Plains Vizcachas: Biology and Evolution of a Peculiar Neotropical Caviomorph Rodent (pp. 81-97). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001236

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 chilensis

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

chilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex

Authority page

836

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375583

Authority publication

Jena

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Dipus maximus

(A. G. Desmarest, 1817)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18057249

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Desmarest (1822:315, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  2. Schinz (1825:408, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523825) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  3. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1825:320, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25682378) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69390)
  4. Lesson (1827:253, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207721) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  5. Fischer (1829:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Marmot Diana

(Griffith, C. H. Smith, & Pidgeon, 1825)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

diana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

notintendedasascientific_name

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33268111

Authority publication

London

Name usages

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

Viscaccia americana

(H. R. Schinz, 1825)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

americanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

429

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523846

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

  1. Schinz (1825:429, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523846) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Vizcacia pamparum

(H. R. Schinz, 1827)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

pamparum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62829944

Authority publication

Zurich

Name usages

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

Lagostomus trichodactylus

Brookes, 1828

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

trichodactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2310546

Authority publication

Zoological Journal

Name usages

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

Lagostomus trichodactylus

Brookes, 1829

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

trichodactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2267648

Authority publication

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London

Name usages

  1. Wagler (1830:23, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
  2. Wagler (1831:613, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68629)
  3. Meyen (1833:585, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67498)
  4. Lesson (1842:129) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Fitzinger (1867:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  6. Jerdon (1867:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
  7. Sclater (1872:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
  8. Parsons (1894:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69210)
  9. Matschie (1898:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)

Callomys viscacia

(d'Orbigny & I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1830)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscacia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

289

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32172696

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Callomys viscacha

(G. Cuvier, 1833)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

450

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232923

Authority publication

Nouvelles annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Cuvier (1833:450, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232923) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)

Lagostomus Viscacha

Meyen, 1833

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscacha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

584

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634604

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

Meyen (1833:584, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634604) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67498)

Chinchilla Diana

(C. H. Smith, 1842)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

diana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

309

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA309

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Smith (1842:309, https://books.google.com/books?id=DvE_AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA309) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)

Lagostomus tricodactylus

G. R. Waterhouse, 1848

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

tricodactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

488

Authority publication

London

Lagostomys trichodactylus

A. Murray, 1866

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

trichodactylus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

350

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Lagostomus angustidens

Burmeister, 1866

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

angustidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Pv 2373

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

147

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14522285

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Público de Buenos Aires

Lagostomus fossilis

F. Ameghino, 1875

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

528

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12464625

Authority publication

Journal de Zoologie

Lagostomus fossilis

F. Ameghino in H. F. P. Gervais & F. Ameghino, 1880

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

fossilis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40470463

Authority publication

Paris

Vizcacia maxima

(T. S. Palmer, 1897)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31399900

Authority publication

Science

Name usages

  1. Palmer (1897:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31399900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66133)
  2. Lahille (1899:192, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147058) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Viscaccia chilensis

(J. A. Allen, 1902)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

chilensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3830790

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Allen (1902:196, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3830790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20746)
  2. Allen (1905:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055708) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34943)

Lagostomus crassus

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

crassus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.3.16

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1185bdde-1dda-4720-ae2c-fad513cda94c

Authority page

246

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094671

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1910:246, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10053)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Patterson & Upham (2014:955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/24239)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136452) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001235) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136452/78324250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lagostomus maximus immollis

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

immollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.6.6.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ce2c17ec-ceef-4bf6-8a0f-8572d1f8895b

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094670

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1910:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10053)
  2. Yepes (1935:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Lagostomus maximus

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

245

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094670

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1910:245, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10053)
  2. Yepes (1935:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Woods (1993:778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  7. Anderson (1997:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  8. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  9. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  10. Ledesma, Werner, Spotorno & Albuja (2009:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3129)
  11. Patterson & Upham (2014:955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/24239)
  12. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  13. Álvarez & Ercoli (2017:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35421)
  14. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  15. Teta, Abba, Cassini, Flores, Galliari, Lucero & Ramírez (2018:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43918)
  16. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  17. Álvarez, Ercoli & Verzi (2020:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44904)
  18. Croft, Flynn, Wyss, Charrier & Anaya (2021:1206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58311)
  19. Jones (2022:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67606)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  21. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11170/78320596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lagostomus maximus petilidens

Hollister, 1914

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

petilidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:172801

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36e221438-551f-42a4-ac56-e11f355a0d12

Authority page

58

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55444989

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lagostomus maximus maximus

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

maximus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

248

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Lagostomus maximus inmollis

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

inmollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

478

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1997:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

viscaccia

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

viscaccia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling · notusedas_valid

Authority page

1552

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1552) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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