Abrocoma famatina

O. Thomas, 1920

Famatina Chinchilla Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Abrocomidae
Genus : Abrocoma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1920-10-01. On small mammals from the Famatina Chain, north-western Rioja. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)6(34):417-422.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240217

Original name as described

Abrocoma famatina

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1920.8.4.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28b46a45-f884-404f-b5de-a7a4fa16b64a

Type locality

"La Invernada, Famatina Range, Rioja, 3800 m," Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001299

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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.

Abrocoma famatina

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Abrocomidae

Root name

famatina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.8.4.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28b46a45-f884-404f-b5de-a7a4fa16b64a

Authority page

419

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240217

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136367/22182606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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