Octomys rosiae
Verzi, Olivares, De Santi, C. C. Morgan, J. M. López, & Chiavazza, 2023
Rosi's Viscacha Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Octodontoidea |
| Family | : Octodontidae |
| Genus | : Octomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Verzi, D.H., Olivares, A.I., De Santi, N.A., Morgan, C.C., López, J.M. and Chiavazza, H. 2023-12-15. A new extinct desert rodent from the Holocene of South America and its bearing on the diversity of Octodontidae (Hystricognathi). Journal of Mammalogy 105(1):59-72.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad106Original name as described
Octomys rosiae
Type material
VG-Q1 1800
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Vaquería Gruta 1 site (32°31ʹS; 69°00ʹW; 1,650 m asl), Quebrada de Villavicencio, Mendoza Province, western Argentina, Late Holocene"
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
recently described fossil species that appears to have survived into modern times
Taxonomy notes citation
Verzi, D. H., Olivares, A. I., De Santi, N. A., Morgan, C. C., López, J. M., & Chiavazza, H. (2024). A new extinct desert rodent from the Holocene of South America and its bearing on the diversity of Octodontidae (Hystricognathi). Journal of Mammalogy, 105(1), 59-72.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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