Euneomys chinchilloides

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1839)

Patagonian Chinchilla Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Euneomyini
Genus : Euneomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1839-09. Part 10. Pp. 49–100 in Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. Part II. Mammalia. None, London, 97 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40299810

Original name as described

Reithrodon chinchilloides

Other common names

Patagonian Chinchilla Mouse · Tierra del Fuego Euneomys

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.111

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/599a1304-a059-4a2c-8058-ff35e10d8727

Type locality

"south shore of the Strait of Magellan, near the Eastern entrance." Restricted by J. K. Braun and U. F. J. Pardiñas in 2015 to "near Bahia [Bahía] San Sebastián on the Argentina side of Tierra del Fuego."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile

Taxonomy notes

includes petersoni

Taxonomy notes citation

Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Lanzone, C., Ojeda, A., Novillo, A., & Ojeda, R. A. (2021). A reappraisal of the species richness of Euneomys Coues 1874 (Rodentia, Cricetidae), with emendations of the type localities of Reithrodon fossor Thomas 1899 and Euneomys mordax Thomas 1912. Mammalia.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002479

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.

Euneomys ultimus

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

ultimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1843.11.16.26

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e030b879-d4cf-4feb-acaa-5187ef7becc8

Authority page

185

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15612351

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Reithrodon chinchilloides

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1839)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chinchilloides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.26.111

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/599a1304-a059-4a2c-8058-ff35e10d8727

Authority page

72

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40299810

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Lahille (1899:187, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Euneomys dabbenei

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dabbenei

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.6.26.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/051bbbbb-3a94-4d69-98c7-7ae6be31555c

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615914

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Euneomys petersoni

J. A. Allen, 1903

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

petersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:84198

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36d045b7f-e394-4e06-8899-ef6a3a48d9cb

Authority page

192

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8258/115087417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Euneomys chinchilloides

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chinchilloides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:220) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8256) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8256/22352322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Euneomys chinchilloides petersoni

O'Brien, Menninger, & W. G. Nash, 2006

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

petersoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

199

Authority publication

Hoboken

Name usages

O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)

Euneomys dabbeni

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

dabbeni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

93

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:93) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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