Aconaemys fuscus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1842)

Chilean Rock Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1842-03. Mr. Waterhouse called the attention of the members to a new species of Rodent from Chile. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1841:89-92.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679713

Original name as described

Schizodon fuscus

Other common names

Great Rock Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.195

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d212349b-8175-4189-9875-8304ebf8a6e5

Type locality

"from Chile." Modified by G. R. Waterhouse in 1848 to the Valle de las Cuevas near the Volcano of Peteroa, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001490

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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.

Schizodon fuscus

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1842)

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.195

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d212349b-8175-4189-9875-8304ebf8a6e5

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30679713

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Aconaemys fuscus

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:581) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:541) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/278/78318793) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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