Lyncodon patagonicus

(de Blainville, 1842)

Patagonian Weasel

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Infraorder: Arctoidea
Parvorder: Mustelida
Family: Mustelidae
Subfamily: Ictonychinae
Tribe: Lyncodontini
Genus: Lyncodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1842. Des mustelas (g. Mustela, L.). Pp. 1–83 in Blainville, H.-M.D. de. 1839-1864. Ostéographie ou description iconographique comparée du squelette et du système dentaire des mammifères recents et fossiles pour servir de la base à la zoologie et à la géologie. Tome deuxième. Secundates. J. B. Baillière et Fils, Paris, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57983171

Original name as described

Mustela Patagonica

Type material

MNHN-ZM-AC-A2006

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a2006

Type locality

Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Chile

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005836

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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: 9 names and synonyms.

Mustela Patagonica

de Blainville, 1842

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

patagonicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-AC-A2006

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Argentina: Río Negro.

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/ac-a2006

Authority page

pl. 14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57983171

Authority publication

Ostéographie

Name usages

Blainville (1842:pl. 14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57983171) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68405)
Gervais (1844:685, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57441504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60630)
d'Orbigny (1844:pl. 13 (fig. 4), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14544159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37598)
Murray (1866:328, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Mustela Quiqui:

Burmeister, 1861

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

quiqui

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

408

Authority publication

Halle

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Mustela anticola

Burmeister, 1869

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

anticola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

454

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14522592

Authority publication

Anales del Museo Público de Buenos Aires

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lyncodon lujanensis

F. Ameghino, 1888

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

lujanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

recojido por Carlos Ameghino en el pampeano lacustre de Lujan

Type locality

Argentina: Buenos Aires: 34°33′58″S, 59°6′55″W.

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Name usages

Ameghino (1888:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70134)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lyncodon patagonicus:

F. Ameghino, 1888

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

patagonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Name usages

Ameghino (1888:6) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/70134)
Lahille (1899:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147047) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
Trouessart (1904:198, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Allen (1905:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34943)
Corbet & Hill (1980:97) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:259) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Wozencraft (1993:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69009)
Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
Sato, Wolsan, Prevosti, D'Elía, Begg, Begg, Hosoda, Campbell & Suzuki (2012:750) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7523)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41647) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41647/45212747) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Lyncodon patagonicum:

Matschie, 1898

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

patagonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241829

Authority publication

Hamburg

Name usages

Matschie (1898:10, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53241829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68995)

Lyncodon patagonicus thomasi

Cabrera, 1928

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

thomasi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 6.III.36.27

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Argentina: La Rioja (Argentina).

Authority page

260

Authority publication

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

Lyncodon patagonica:

Osgood, 1943

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

patagonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778103

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

Osgood (1943:93, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)

Lyncodon patagonicus patagonicus:

Wozencraft, 2005

Family

Mustelidae

Root name

patagonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)

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