Aconaemys sagei

O. P. Pearson, 1984

Sage's 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

Pearson, O.P. 1984-02. Taxonomy and natural history of some fossorial rodents of Patagonia, southern Argentina. Journal of Zoology, London 202(2):225-237.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb05952.x

Original name as described

Aconaemys sagei

Other common names

Neuquén Rock Rat

Type material

MVZ:Mamm:163419

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:163419

Type locality

"Pampa de Hui Hui, 4 km west and 2 km south of Cerro Quillén, 1050 m, Province of Neuquén, Argentina."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001492

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.

Aconaemys sagei

O. P. Pearson, 1984

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

sagei

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:163419

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:163419

Authority page

229

Authority publication

Journal of Zoology, London

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:333) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #279) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001492) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/279/78318855) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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