Alternative combination: Stichomys gracilis
Synonyms: Acarechimys pulchellus Ameghino 1902 [objective synonym], Acaremys minutus Ameghino 1887, Protacaremys pulchellus Ameghino 1902 [objective synonym]
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328
Belongs to Acarechimys according to M. Arnal et al. 2017
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1902, Verzi et al. 2017 and Vucetich et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Acarechimys leucotheae, Acarechimys minutissimus, Acarechimys minutus, Acarechimys pascuali
Type specimens:
- Acarechimys gracilis: MACN-A 4263, a mandible (left mandible with dp4-m3)
- Acarechimys pulchellus: Its type locality is Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake Colhué Huapí, which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.
- Acaremys minutus:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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