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Lagidium (mountain viscacha)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chinchillidae

Taxonomy
Lagidium was named by Meyen (1833). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Ortiz et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Chinchillidae by Elissamburu and Vizcaíno (2004), Ortiz et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Lagotis Bennett p. 36
1833Lagidium Meyen p. 256 figs. 3c; Tabla 3
2004Lagidium Elissamburu and Vizcaíno
2012Lagidium Ortiz et al. p. 256

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
familyChinchillidaeBennett 1833
genusLagidiumMeyen 1833

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.

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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Invalid names: Lagidium lutescens Philippi 1896 [synonym]
Lagidium wolffsohni Thomas 1907 [Wolffsohn's viscacha]
Invalid names: Lagotis Bennett 1833 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lujanian to the top of the Holocene or 0.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru (Ayacucho) Lagidium sp. (146602)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Peru (Puno) Lagidium sp. nov. (145248)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Catamarca) Lagidium sp. (211784)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Lagidium peruanum (71326 71327 71328 71329)