Cuscomys oblativus

(Eaton, 1916)

Machu Picchu Inca Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Eaton, G.F. 1916. The collection of osteological material from Machu Picchu. Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 5:1-96.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31943067

Original name as described

Abrocoma oblativa

Other common names

Machu Picchu Arboreal Chinchilla Rat

Type locality

"Machu Picchu," Cusco, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

spelled oblativus, not oblativa; originally described from fossil material but was recently proven to be extant

Taxonomy notes citation

Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of south america, volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press. · Ochoa, J. A., Quispe, R., Jara Moscoso, N., & Cossios, D. (2020). Confirmación de la presencia de la enigmática "rata chinchilla arborícola de Machupicchu" Cuscomys oblativus (Abrocomidae). Revista peruana de biología, 27(2), 251-254.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001304

Country distribution map

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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.

Cuscomys oblativa

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Abrocomidae

Root name

oblativa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136658/22182152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cuscomys oblativus

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Abrocomidae

Root name

oblativus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

495

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:495) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001304) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Abrocoma oblativa

(Eaton, 1916)

Family

Abrocomidae

Root name

oblativus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

87

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31943067

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences

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