Pipanacoctomys aureus

Mares, J. K. Braun, Barquez, & M. M. Díaz, 2000

Golden Viscacha Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Mares, M.A., Braun, J.K., Barquez, R.M. and Díaz, M.M. 2000. Two new genera and species of halophytic desert mammals from isolated salt flats in Argentina. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University 203:1-27.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55656248

Original name as described

Pipanacoctomys aureus

Type material

CML 6137

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"28 km S, 9.3 km W Andalgalá; Departamento Pomán, Catamarca Province, Argentina, 27° 50' 03" S, 66° 15' 59" W; elevation 680 m," Salar de Pipanaco, Saujil Department.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

has been included under Tympanoctomys, although the genus Pipanacoctomys has been retained in recent publications

Taxonomy notes citation

Suárez-Villota, E. Y., González-Wevar, C. A., Gallardo, M. H., Vásquez, R. A., & Poulin, E. (2016). Filling phylogenetic gaps and the biogeographic relationships of the Octodontidae (Mammalia: Hystricognathi). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 105, 96-101. · Evans, B. J., Upham, N. S., Golding, G. B., Ojeda, R. A., & Ojeda, A. A. (2017). Evolution of the largest mammalian genome. Genome biology and evolution, 9(6), 1711-1724.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001499

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.

Pipanacoctomys aureus

Mares, J. K. Braun, Barquez, & M. M. Díaz, 2000

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CML 6137

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55656248

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000394) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Tympanoctomys aureus

(A. A. Ojeda, A. del P. Tarquino-Carbonell, Vélez, & R. A. Ojeda, 2018)

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

aureus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales

Name usages

  1. Ojeda, Tarquino-Carbonell, Vélez & Ojeda (2018:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36556)
  2. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136557/78324400) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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