Octodontomys gliroides

(P. Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844)

Mountain Degu

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gervais, P. and d'Orbigny, A. 1844. M. Paul Gervais communique, au nom de M. Alc. d'Orbigny et au sien, la description d'une espèce nouvelle de Mammifères Rongeurs. Société Philomatique de Paris. Extraits des procès-verbaux des séances 9:22.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31084901

Original name as described

Octodon gliroides

Other common names

Chozchori · Long-tailed Octodon

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1834-38 (= MNHN:type:399) (= MNHN "1785") (= MNHN "D. 26")

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"des Andes boliviennes, à Lapaz, " La Paz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Bolivia · Chile

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001497

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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: 4 names and synonyms.

Octodon gliroides

P. Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

gliroides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1834-38 (= MNHN:type:399) (= MNHN "1785") (= MNHN "D. 26")

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

du sommet des Andes boliviennes, à Lapaz

Type locality

Bolivia: La Paz Department.

Authority page

22

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31084901

Authority publication

Société Philomatique de Paris. Extraits des procès-verbaux des séances

Name usages

Gervais & d'Orbigny (1844:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31084901) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67507)
d'Orbigny (1845:pl. 16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14544165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37600)
Waterhouse (1848:263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35784)
Schmarda (1853:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)
Fitzinger (1861:394, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438453) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39159)
Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Fitzinger (1867:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Trouessart (1881:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36771)
Trouessart (1897:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Trouessart (1904:500, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Neoctodon Simonsi

O. Thomas, 1902

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

simonsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1902.2.2.2

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Bolivia: Potosí Department.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6d55b13a-4894-4e60-9928-9c21711b5b7c

Authority page

227

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331510

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1902:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16288)
Anonymous (1902:431, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28540600) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69559)
Thomas (1902:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31575651) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13980)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Octodontomys simonsi:

Trouessart, 1904

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

simonsi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

501

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423382

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:501, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Octodontomys gliroides:

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Octodontidae

Root name

gliroides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

250

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

Yepes (1935:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
Corbet & Hill (1980:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Anderson (1997:499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #15091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #15091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/15091/22240265) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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