Graomys chacoensis

(J. A. Allen, 1901)

Chaco Pericote

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1901-11-20. New South American Muridae and a new Metachirus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 14(24):405-412.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2246/501

Original name as described

Phyllotis chacoënsis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.14.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Waikthlatingwayalwa, Chaco boreal [Presidente Hayes], Paraguay." This enigmatic type locality corresponds to a disappeared mission founded by W. Grubb in the Paraguayan Chaco, about 80 km W Concepción.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

was a synonym of G. griseoflavus, but was determined to be the oldest available name for centralis

Taxonomy notes citation

Lanzone, C., Novillo, A., Suárez, N. S., & Ojeda, R. A. (2007). Cytogenetics and redescription of Graomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from Chumbicha, Catamarca, Argentina. Mastozoología neotropical, 14(2), 249-255.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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