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Chinchillidae (chinchilid)
Taxonomy
Chinchillidae was named by Bennett (1833) [includes chinchillas and viscachas]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Rasia and Candela (2017).
It was assigned to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Hystricomorpha by Gadow (1898); to Hystricognathi by Jaekel (1911); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Carroll (1988), Vucetich (1989), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015); and to Caviomorpha by Rasia and Candela (2017), Rasia and Candela (2019).
It was assigned to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Hystricomorpha by Gadow (1898); to Hystricognathi by Jaekel (1911); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Carroll (1988), Vucetich (1989), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015); and to Caviomorpha by Rasia and Candela (2017), Rasia and Candela (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1833 | Chinchillidae Bennett |
| 1883 | Chinchillidae Flower p. 185 |
| 1891 | Chinchillidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
| 1898 | Chinchillidae Gadow p. 43 |
| 1911 | Chinchillidae Jaekel p. 222 |
| 1958 | Chinchillidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1959 | Chinchillidae Wood and Patterson |
| 1988 | Chinchillidae Carroll |
| 1989 | Chinchillidae Vucetich |
| 1991 | Chinchillidae Nowak |
| 1999 | Chinchillidae Nowak |
| 2001 | Chinchillidae Huchon and Douzery p. 246 |
| 2015 | Chinchillidae Upham and Patterson |
| 2017 | Chinchillidae Rasia and Candela p. 60 |
| 2019 | Chinchillidae Rasia and Candela p. 74 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Chinchillidae Bennett 1833 [chinchilid]
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G. Chinchilla Bennett 1829 [chinchilla]
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Chinchilla chinchilla Lichtenstein 1830 [short-tailed chinchilla]
Chinchilla lanigera Molina 1782 [long-tailed chinchilla]
G. †Eoviscaccia Vucetich 1989
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†Eoviscaccia australis Vucetich 1989
†Eoviscaccia boliviana Vucetich 1989
†Eoviscaccia frassinettii Bertrand et al. 2012
G. †Incamys Hoffstetter and Lavocat 1970
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†Incamys bolivianus Hoffstetter and Lavocat 1970
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Invalid names: Incamys pretiosus Lavocat 1976 [synonym]
†Incamys menniorum Vucetich et al. 2015
G. Lagidium Meyen 1833 [mountain viscacha]
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Lagidium ahuacaense Ledesma et al. 2009
Lagidium peruanum Meyen 1833 [northern viscacha]
Lagidium viscacia Molina 1782 [southern viscacha]
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Lagidium viscacia cuvieri Bennett 1833
Invalid names: Lagidium lutescens Philippi 1896 [synonym]
Lagidium wolffsohni Thomas 1907 [Wolffsohn's viscacha]
Invalid names: Lagotis Bennett 1833 [synonym]
Subfm. Lagostominae Wiegmann 1832
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G. Lagostomus Brookes 1828 [viscacha]
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Subg. †Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Kraglievich 1926
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†Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) incisus Ameghino 1888
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Invalid names: Lagostomus intermedius Moreno 1888 [synonym], Lagostomus spicatus Ameghino 1888 [synonym]
†Lagostomus antiquus Ameghino 1883
†Lagostomus compressidens Ameghino 1908
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Invalid names: Viscaccia indefinita Ameghino 1908 [objective synonym]
†Lagostomus euplasius Ameghino 1908
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Invalid names: Viscaccia chapalmalense Ameghino 1908 [objective synonym], Viscaccia definata Ameghino 1908 [objective synonym], Viscaccia loberiaense Ameghino 1908 [objective synonym]
†Lagostomus laminosus Ameghino 1891
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 [plains viscacha]
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Invalid names: Lagostomus angustidens Moreno 1888 [synonym], Lagostomus cavifrons Ameghino 1889 [objective synonym], Lagostomus debilis Ameghino 1889 [synonym], Lagostomus heterogenidens Ameghino 1889 [synonym], Lagostomus minimus Ameghino 1889 [synonym]
†Lagostomus pretrichodactyla Rovereto 1914
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Invalid names: Viscaccia angulata Rovereto 1914 [synonym], Viscaccia insolita Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
†Lagostomus telenkechanum Rasia and Candela 2017
Lagostomus trichodactylus Brookes 1828
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Invalid names: Callomys viscaccia d'Orbigny and Geoffroy 1830 [synonym]
G. †Miochinchilla Croft et al. 2021
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†Miochinchilla plurinacionalis Croft et al. 2021
†Miochinchilla surirense Croft et al. 2021
G. †Pliolagostomus Ameghino 1887
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†Pliolagostomus friasensis Vucetich 1984
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Invalid names: Prolagostomus lateralis Ameghino 1889 [synonym]
G. †Prolagostomus Ameghino 1887
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†Prolagostomus oblicuidens Scott 1905
†Prolagostomus pusillus Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Prolagostomus divisus Ameghino 1887 [objective synonym], Prolagostomus imperialis Ameghino 1887 [objective synonym], Prolagostomus primigenius Ameghino 1889 [objective synonym], Prolagostomus profluens Ameghino 1887 [objective synonym]
†Prolagostomus rosendoi Vucetich 1984
Invalid names: Scotaeumys Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Sphaeromys Ameghino 1887 [synonym]
G. †Sphodromys Ameghino 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available