Lagidium peruanum

Meyen, 1833

Northern Mountain Viscacha

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Chinchilloidea
Family : Chinchillidae
Genus : Lagidium

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Meyen, F.J.F. 1833. Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Zweite Abhandlung. Säugethiere. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 16(2):549-610.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634598

Original name as described

Lagidium peruanum

Other common names

Northern Viscacha

Type locality

"Es lebt auf den Hoch-ebenen Perus, stets über die Höhe von 12 bis 13000 Fuss hinaus" (= high plateau, Peru, altitude, 12,000 to 13,000 feet), probably Pisacoma, Puno, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

has been considered a synonym or subspecies of L. viscacia, but molecular and morphological data tentatively support the species status of L. peruanum for the time being

Taxonomy notes citation

Spotorno, A.E. and Patton, J.L. 2015. Superfamily Chinchilloidea Bennett, 1833. In: Patton, J.L., Pardinas, U.F.J. and D'Elia, G. (eds), Mammals of South America Volume 2: Rodents, pp. 762-778. University of Chicago Press. · Teta, P., & Lucero, S. O. (2017). Notes on the taxonomy of mountain viscachas of the genus Lagidium Meyen 1833 (Rodentia: Chinchillidae). Therya, 8(1), 27-33.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006903

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.

Lagidium peruanum

Meyen, 1833

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

peruanum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

578

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634598

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

  1. Meyen (1833:578, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634598) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67498)
  2. Lahille (1899:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Woods (1993:778) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  7. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  8. Ledesma, Werner, Spotorno & Albuja (2009:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3129)
  9. Patterson & Upham (2014:955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/24239)
  10. Teta & Lucero (2017:30) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67874)
  11. Álvarez & Ercoli (2017:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35421)
  12. Álvarez, Ercoli & Verzi (2020:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44904)
  13. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  14. Villarroel, Jiménez, Mella & Peñaloza-García (2021:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56560)

Lagidium peruvianum

von Tschudi, 1844

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

peruvianum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089026

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Tschudi (1844:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7089026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34348)

Viscaccia arequipae

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

arequipae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.10.1.93

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95e37794-4475-446f-94fc-fd9bff034d9d

Authority page

442

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254902

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Viscaccia inca

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

inca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1894.8.6.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9c9fb64c-8f25-4fb0-b78d-67201035be92

Authority page

442

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254902

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Viscaccia lutea

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

luteum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.16.22

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1072df1f-910f-4b91-a680-737a4f350c49

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254903

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Viscaccia punensis

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

punense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.3.51

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d54edcd3-7a9b-4463-84a1-97d49da1806b

Authority page

443

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254903

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Viscaccia saturata

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

saturatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.1.1.52

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/afda156d-e283-4f54-8cdf-99dc9d7020a5

Authority page

442

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254902

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Viscaccia subrosea

(O. Thomas, 1907)

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

subroseum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.7.53

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a8c1e2e9-a00b-417a-851c-75c553ef6ae6

Authority page

442

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254902

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Lagidium inca

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

inca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

318

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:318) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19806)

Lagidium peruanum arequipe

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

arequipe

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1551

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium peruanum inca

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

inca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium peruanum peruanum

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

peruanum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium peruanum punensis

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

punense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium peruanum saturata

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

saturatum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Lagidium peruanum subrosea

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

subroseum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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