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Dolichotis Desmarest 1820

Description

Dolichotis Desmarest 1820

Dolichotis Desmarest 1820, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts Paris, 88: 205.

Type Species: Cavia patachonica Shaw 1801

Synonyms: Chloromys Desmoulins 1823; Lagospedius Marelli 1928; Mara d’Orbigny 1829; Pediolagus Marelli 1927.

Species and subspecies: 2 species with 2 subspecies:

Species Dolichotis patagonum (Zimmermann 1780)

Subspecies Dolichotis patagonum subsp. patagonum Zimmermann 1780

Subspecies Dolichotis patagonum subsp. centricola Thomas 1902

Species Dolichotis salinicola Burmeister 1875

Discussion: Includes Pediolagus (Starrett, 1967:263); but see Cabrera (1961:580) who considered it distinct.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Caviidae, pp. 1552-1556 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1555, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Desmarest
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Caviidae
Genus
Dolichotis
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Dolichotis Desmarest, 1820 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Desmarest, A. G. 1820, 1822. Mammalogie ou description des espece de mammiferes. Encyclopedie Methodique. Agasse, Paris, 555 pp., 66 plates.
  • Starrett, A. 1967. Hystricoid, erethizontoid, cavioid, and chinchilloid rodents. Pp. 254 - 272, in Recent mammals of the world, a synopsis of families (S. Anderson and J. K. Jones, Jr., eds.). Ronald Press Co., New York, 453 pp.