Tympanoctomys barrerae

(B. Lawrence, 1941)

Red Viscacha Rat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Lawrence, B. 1941. A new species of Octomys from Argentina. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 18:43-46.

Original name as described

Octomys barrerae

Other common names

Plains Viscacha Rat

Type material

MCZ:Mamm:39716

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:39716

Type locality

"La Paz, Mendoza Province, Argentina."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001501

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 barrerae

(B. Lawrence, 1941)

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

barrerae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MCZ:Mamm:39716

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:39716

Authority page

43

Authority publication

Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Tympanoctomys barrerae

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

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

barrerae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #22586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Ojeda, Tarquino-Carbonell, Vélez & Ojeda (2018:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36556)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #22586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22586/78323698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Tympanoctomys barrerai

Yepes, 1940

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

barrerai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

69

Authority publication

book

Tympanoctomys barrerai

J. Yepes, 1942

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

barrerai

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

69

Authority publication

Revista Argentina de Zoogeografía

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