Microcavia niata
(O. Thomas, 1898)
Northern Mountain Cavy
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder | : Caviomorpha |
| Superfamily | : Cavioidea |
| Family | : Caviidae |
| Subfamily | : Caviinae |
| Genus | : Microcavia |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1898-04-01. On some new mammals from the neighbourhood of Mount Sahama, Bolivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1(4):277-283.
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Original name as described
Cavia niata
Other common names
Andean Mountain Cavy
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.16.20
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Esperanza, a ‘tambo'in the neighbourhood of Mount Sahama, Bolivia…at an altitude of 4000 metres in the ‘Puna' region, " La Paz, Bolivia.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Bolivia · Chile
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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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.
Total: 10 names and synonyms.
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