Dolichotis patagonum

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Patagonian Mara

Side view. Also as Mara, Patagonian Cavy, Patagonian Hare.
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Location:Germany, Hesse, Frankfurt Zoological GardenDate taken:1 January 1971Description:Side view. Also as Mara, Patagonian Cavy, Patagonian Hare.

Distribution :

Argentina, approx 28oS (Bolson de Pipanco, Catamarca Prov.) to 50oS

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 545

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Cavioidea
Family: Caviidae
Subfamily: Dolichotinae
Genus: Dolichotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/receive/dbbs_mods_00021827

Original name as described

Cavia patagonum

Other common names

Mara · Patagonian Cavy · Patagonian Hare

Type locality

type locality not given. Identified by G. H. H. Tate in 1935 as "Patagonia, " Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile?

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001207

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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: 31 names and synonyms.

Cavia patagonum

E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780

Family

Caviidae

Root name

patagonum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Patagonien

Type locality

Argentina.

Authority page

328

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Zimmermann (1783:177) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Wolf (1808:372) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)

Cavia Patagonica

Boddaert, 1785

Family

Caviidae

Root name

patagonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Habitat in Patagonia

Type locality

Argentina.

Authority page

102

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230066

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:102, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Goldfuss (1809:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47498004) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)

Cavia magellanica

Kerr, 1792

Family

Caviidae

Root name

magellanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

the country about Port Desire in Patagonia

Type locality

Argentina: Santa Cruz.

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664244

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:220, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Turton (1802:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cavia patachonica

G. K. Shaw, 1801

Family

Caviidae

Root name

patachonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Patagonia

Type locality

Argentina.

Authority page

226

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603453

Authority publication

London

Savia Patagonum:

Treviranus, 1803

Family

Caviidae

Root name

patagonum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

176

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028204

Authority publication

Göttingen

Name usages

Treviranus (1803:176, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Cavia pampas

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Caviidae

Root name

pampas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Argentina.

Authority page

viii, 85

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130170

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:viii, 85, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130069, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)

Dasyprocta Patagonum:

Illiger, 1815

Family

Caviidae

Root name

patagonum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

108

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:108, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080964) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Schinz (1821:324, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529085) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)

Lepus patagonicus

Oken, 1816

Family

Caviidae

Root name

patagonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

placedonindex · nomen_novum

Authority page

825

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375572

Authority publication

Jena

Dolichotis patagonicha:

A. G. Desmarest, 1819

Family

Caviidae

Root name

patagonicha

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

40

Authority publication

Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1814-1824)

dasyprocta patachonica:

A. G. Desmarest, 1822

Family

Caviidae

Root name

patachonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

358

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521802

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Desmarest (1822:358, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Fischer (1829:381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Burmeister (1837:807, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)

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