Chinchilla laniger

(G. I. Molina, 1782)

Chilean Chinchilla

Front view of captive. Formerly Chinchilla lanigera. Also as Coastal Chinchilla, Common Chinchilla, Long-tailed Chinchilla.
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Location:Date taken:UnknownDescription:Front view of captive. Formerly Chinchilla lanigera. Also as Coastal Chinchilla, Common Chinchilla, Long-tailed Chinchilla.

Distribution :

N Chile, in foothills of the Andes and coastal mountains south to Talca

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 068

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Chinchilloidea
Family: Chinchillidae
Subfamily: Chinchillinae
Genus: Chinchilla

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Molina, G.I. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili. S. Tommaso d'Aquino, Bologna, 367 pp.

Authority publication link

https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/9635

Original name as described

Mus Laniger

Other common names

Coastal Chinchilla · Common Chinchilla · Long-tailed Chinchilla

Type locality

"Coquimbo, Chile."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile

Taxonomy notes

spelling changed from 'lanigera' to 'laniger' to match original description

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001231

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: 12 names and synonyms.

Mus Laniger

G. I. Molina, 1782

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Abita fotterra nei campi delle Provincie Boreali del Chili

Type locality

Chile.

Authority page

301

Authority publication

Bologna

Name usages

Gmelin (1788:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:238, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Turton (1802:84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Wolf (1808:422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
Goldfuss (1809:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497982) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Brants (1827:177, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)

Cricetus laniger:

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

197

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Muirhead (1819:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Desmarest (1822:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521719) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Schinz (1825:404, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523821) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
Lesson (1827:263, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207731) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Brants (1827:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)
Fischer (1829:331) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Lemmus laniger:

Tiedemann, 1808

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

476

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

Tiedemann (1808:476) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37333)

Cricetus chincilla

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

chincilla

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Original type locality

Habitat in Chili borealibus, sub terra · Abita fotterra nei campi delle Provincie Boreali del Chili

Type locality

Chile.

Authority page

vii, 55

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130140

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

Fischer (1814:vii, 55, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Hypudaeus ?laniger

Illiger, 1815

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

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)

Chinchilla lanigera:

E. T. Bennett, 1829

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

lanigera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Type

BMNH:Mamm:54a

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Chile.

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29205388

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Yarrell (1831:31, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1214207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67686)
Blyth (1840:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918335) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
Waterhouse (1848:236) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35784)
Chenu (1854:232, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1652518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60402)
Philippi (1860:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6725478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69180)
Sclater (1872:74, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/17037851) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61617)
Parsons (1894:251, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30982278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69210)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:578) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:777) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Müller, Mauler & Eule (2010:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67603)
Patterson & Upham (2014:955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/24239)
Valladares, Zuleta & Spotorno (2014:90) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67605)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:478) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Álvarez & Ercoli (2017:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35421)
Snyder, Lewin, Mans & McLellan (2018:4) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67604)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Delgado, Pacheco, Salazar-Bravo & Rocha (2018:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67623)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4652) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Álvarez, Ercoli & Verzi (2020:278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44904)
D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
Villarroel, Jiménez, Mella & Peñaloza-García (2021:1) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56560)
Croft, Flynn, Wyss, Charrier & Anaya (2021:1206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58311)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4652/117975205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eriomys pellionum

Van der Hoeven, 1830

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

pellionum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Original type locality

Abita fotterra nei campi delle Provincie Boreali del Chili

Type locality

Chile.

Authority page

613

Authority page URI

https://books.google.com/books?id=PSQOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA613

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Lagostomus laniger:

Wagler, 1831

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

613

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512998

Authority publication

Isis von Oken

Name usages

Wagler (1831:613, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27512998) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68629)

Chinchilla laniger:

Meyen, 1833

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

lanigera

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

589

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634609

Authority publication

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

Name usages

Meyen (1833:589, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634609) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67498)
Gray (1843:130, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
Gay (1847:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26256538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37640)
Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Jerdon (1867:223, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37300050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)
Trouessart (1897:627, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Lahille (1899:191, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147057) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
Trouessart (1904:517, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423398) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Corbet & Hill (1980:191) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Ledesma, Werner, Spotorno & Albuja (2009:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3129)

Eriomys laniger:

Burmeister, 1837

Family

Chinchillidae

Root name

laniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

808

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858143

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Burmeister (1837:808, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
Fitzinger (1867:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Matschie (1898:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241837) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)

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