Reithrodon auritus

(G. Fischer, 1814)

Hairy-soled Conyrat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Fischer, G. 1814. Zoognosia. Volumen III. Quadrupeda reliqua. Ceti. Monotrymata. Nicolai Sergeidis Vsevolozsky, Moscow, 732 pp.

Original name as described

Mus auritus

Other common names

Bunny Rat

Type material

ZMB 1688

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by U. F. J. Pardiñas and colleagues in 2015 to "probably near Pila, south side of the Salado River," Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile · Falkland Islands?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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