Abrocoma cinerea

O. Thomas, 1919

Ashy Chinchilla Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Parvorder : Caviomorpha
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Abrocomidae
Genus : Abrocoma

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1919-08-30. List of mammals from the highlands of Jujuy, North Argentina, collected by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)4(21):128-135.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615919

Original name as described

Abrocoma cinerea

Other common names

Famatina Chinchilla Rat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1919.8.2.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dd7a238f-c5ba-448d-a54c-6d71a2ab805c

Type locality

"Cerro Casabindo, 4800 m, " Jujuy, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia · Chile · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

includes famatina

Taxonomy notes citation

González-Pinilla, F.J., Latorre, C. and Palma, R.E. 2024. Molecular systematics of chinchilla rats and taxonomic assessment of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex. Journal of Mammalogy 105(6):1446-1457. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyae095

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001298

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.

Total: 3 names and synonyms.

Abrocoma cinerea

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Abrocomidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.8.2.29

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dd7a238f-c5ba-448d-a54c-6d71a2ab805c

Authority page

132

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615919

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Yepes (1935:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
Pearson (1951:158, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28873142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72329)
Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:585, 586) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:789) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Anderson (1997:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Ortiz, Jayat, Nasif, Teta & Haber (2012:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67621)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #42657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #42657) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001298) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
González-Pinilla, Latorre & Palma (2024:1453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68376)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/42657/22182672) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Abrocoma famatina

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Abrocomidae

Root name

famatina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.8.4.46

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28b46a45-f884-404f-b5de-a7a4fa16b64a

Authority page

419

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240217

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Yepes (1935:254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001299) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
González-Pinilla, Latorre & Palma (2024:1453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68376)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136367/22182606) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Abrocoma cinerea cinerea

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Abrocomidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

501

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1997:501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)

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