Abrocoma uspallata

J. K. Braun & Mares, 2002

Uspallata 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

Braun, J.K. and Mares, M.A. 2002-02. Systematics of the _Abrocoma cinerea_ species complex (Rodentia: Abrocomidae), with a description of a new species of Abrocoma. Journal of Mammalogy 83(1):1-19.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0001:SOTACS>2.0.CO;2

Original name as described

Abrocoma uspallata

Type material

CMI 6367

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Argentina: Mendoza Province: Quebrada de la Vena, ca. 7 km SSE of the village of Uspallata, 32°39.405'S, 69°20.970'W, 1,880 ± 150 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001301

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Names and synonyms

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Abrocoma uspallata

J. K. Braun & Mares, 2002

Family

Abrocomidae

Root name

uspallata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMI 6367

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

9

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136302) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001301) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136302/22182871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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