Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum
Teta, Pardiñas, Udrizar Sauthier, & Gallardo, 2014
Kirchners' 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
Authority citation
Teta, P., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Udrizar Sauthier, D.E. and Gallardo, M.H. 2014-02-19. A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 95(1):60-71.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-160Original name as described
Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum
Type material
CNP 1862
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Argentina, Province of Chubut, department of Gastre, 18 km NNE by road of Los Adobes, conjunction between Ruta Provincial 58 and Zanjón El Colorado (43°13'51.6", 68°38'49.1", 517 m)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Teta, P., Pardiñas, U. F., Sauthier, D. E. U., & Gallardo, M. H. (2014). A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy, 95(1), 60-71.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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