Tympanoctomys loschalchalerosorum

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

Chalchalero 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

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/55656245

Original name as described

Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum

Type material

CML 3695

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"26 km SW Quimilo, Departamento Chamical, La Rioja Province, Argentina, (30° 02' 43.4" S, 65° 31' 13.4" W; elevation 581 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

moved from Salinoctomys to Tympanoctomys and may be a synonym of T. barrerae

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.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001503

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.

Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum

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

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

loschalchalerosorum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CML 3695

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55656245

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 (2016:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Tympanoctomys loschalchalerosorum

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

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

loschalchalerosorum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

110

Authority publication

Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Ojeda, Tarquino-Carbonell, Vélez & Ojeda (2018:110) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36556)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001503) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136714/78324608) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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