Octomys mimax

O. Thomas, 1920

Common Viscacha Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1920-07-01. On mammals from near Tinogasta, Catamarca, collected by Sr. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)6(31):116-120.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19239916

Original name as described

Octomys mimax

Other common names

Mountain Viscacha Rat · Viscacha Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1920.5.11.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3495f04c-d272-4805-8525-bfb363d16267

Type locality

"La Puntilla, near Tinogasta…a few miles out from Tinogasta toward Copacabana, at an altitude of about 1000 metres," Catamarca Province, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001498

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.

Octomys mimax

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

mimax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.5.11.33

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/3495f04c-d272-4805-8525-bfb363d16267

Authority page

118

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19239916

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15093) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001498) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15093/78321632) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Octomys joannius

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

joannius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.6.19.12

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9ebe672a-90d2-4919-af47-942c5c0bd765

Authority page

217

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19332574

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:251) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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