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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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 Deseadan to the top of the Holocene or 29.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Collections (157 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Chile | Eoviscaccia frassinettii (38072) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia (La Paz) | Eoviscaccia sp., Incamys bolivianus (133596) Incamys bolivianus (133539) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Chubut) | Incamys bolivianus, Eoviscaccia australis, Incamys menniorum, Scotamys antiquus, Dasyproctidae indet. (14211) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Scotamys antiquus (50074) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia (None) | Scotamys sp. (13276) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Corrientes) | Eoviscaccia sp. (181626 181627) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia | Incamys bolivianus, Incamys pretiosus (95688) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Argentina (Mendoza) | Incamys bolivianus (220946) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Chinchillidae indet. (189519) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Eoviscaccia australis (89027 89029 89030) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Eoviscaccia australis (89093) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | Eoviscaccia australis (27311 141368 145897 232404) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile (Aisén) | Prolagostomus pusilus, Prolagostomus notatus, Prolagostomus pusillus, Prolagostomus divisus, Prolagostomus profluens (71843) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile (Bío Bío) | Lagostominae indet. (140103 140104) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Chinchillidae indet., Prolagostomus sp. (59322) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Prolagostomus pusillus, Pliolagostomus sp., Pliolagostomus notatus (197691) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Bolivia | Lagostominae indet. (91435) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (San Juan) | Prolagostomus sp. (197900) | |
| Santacrucian | Chile | Miochinchilla surirense (103804) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Pliolagostomus notatus (176564) Prolagostomus obliquidens (206237) Prolagostomus pusillus, Pliolagostomus notatus (176593) Prolagostomus sp. (59324 59333 176570 176587 176588 176594 207742 210787) Prolagostomus sp., Pliolagostomus notatus (210637) Prolagostomus sp., Prolagostomus pusillus, Pliolagostomus sp., Pliolagostomus notatus (210638) | |
| Santacrucian - Laventan | Chile (Bío Bío) | Prolagostomus sp. (140105) | |
| Friasian | Argentina (Chubut) | Prolagostomus pusillus (207562) | |
| Friasian | Chile (Aisén) | Prolagostomus sp. (139845) | |
| Langhian | Chile (Bío Bío) | Prolagostomus sp. (140091) | |
| Langhian | Bolivia (Potosí) | Miochinchilla plurinacionalis (211381) Prolagostomus sp. (68402) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Argentina (Chubut) | Prolagostomus sp., Pliolagostomus sp. (215594 215595) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Rio Negro) | Pliolagostomus friasensis (61265) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Neuquen) | Pliolagostomus friasensis (207564) | |
| Colloncuran | Bolivia (Oruro) | Chinchillidae indet. (68477) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Río Negro) | Pliolagostomus friasensis, Prolagostomus rosendoi (140637) Prolagostomus sp., Pliolagostomus friasensis (140691) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Neuquén) | Prolagostomus pusillus, Pliolagostomus sp., Pliolagostomus friasensis (207561) Prolagostomus sp., Prolagostomus pusillus (141175) | |
| Serravallian | Bolivia (Tarija) | Miochinchilla plurinacionalis (197502) | |
| Serravallian - Tortonian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lagostomus sp. (231228) | |
| Laventan | Bolivia (Tarija) | Chinchillidae sp. 3, Prolagostomus sp., Lagostominae sp. 1, Lagostominae sp. 2, Miochinchilla plurinacionalis (38071) Prolagostomus sp., Miochinchilla plurinacionalis (133664) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Lagostomopsis indet. (122079) Prolagostomus sp. (201906) | |
| Tortonian | Bolivia (La Paz) | Lagostominae indet. (90023) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Salta) | Prolagostomus sp. (197784) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (San Juan) | Lagostomus telenkechanum (13502) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostominae indet., Lagostomus telenkechanum (79180) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Chubut) | Lagostomopsis sp. (205959) | |
| Huayquerian | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Lagostomopsis sp. (68792) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (192135 230751) Lagostomus sp., Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (87198) Lagostomus sp., Lagostomus telenkechanum (152063) Lagostomus sp., Lagostomus telenkechanum, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (152061 204598) Lagostomus telenkechanum, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (140925 151500 152065 204363 206031 206260) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Jujuy) | Chinchillidae indet., Lagostomus sp. (202339) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus sp. (61292 61300 198690) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Lagostomopsis sp., Lagostomopsis pallidens, Lagostomopsis antiquus (55600) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Catamarca) | Lagostomopsis sp. (157794) Lagostomus sp. (198543 198546 198547) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (55596) Lagostomus sp. (151506) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Lagostomus sp. (231327) | |
| Messinian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lagostomus sp. (141939) Lagostomus telenkechanum, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (140932 152067) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus euplasius (191777) Lagostomus incisus (191766 191769 191770) | |
| Zanclean | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus euplasius (191774) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina | Lagostomus incisus (213466) | |
| Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus incisus (140713) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus euplasius (145757) Lagostomus incises (152081 152085 152088) Lagostomus incisus (198686 198687 198824 198863) Lagostomus sp. (61302 152062) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomopsis sp. (199154 199156) Lagostomus compressidens (198856) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Córdoba) | Lagostomus sp. (202212) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (San Luis) | Lagostomopsis sp. (152073) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomopsis sp. (53926 213136) Lagostomus sp. (199155) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Córdoba) | Lagostomopsis sp. (211573) | |
| Piacenzian | Argentina (Córdoba) | Lagostomus sp. (225604) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus sp. (71304) | |
| Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus maximus (212469) Lagostomus sp. (61307) | |
| Pleistocene | Peru (Ayacucho) | Lagidium sp. (146602) | |
| Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Fe) | Lagostomus maximus (232458) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus sp. (63335 63336) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomopsis sp., Lagostomus incisus (202096) Lagostomus maximus (71286 71303 71314 71347 140807) Lagostomus sp. (140805) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Lagostomus maximus (203957) Lagostomus sp. (212840) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Cordoba) | Lagostomus sp. (197916 197918) | |
| Lujanian | Peru (Puno) | Lagidium sp. nov. (145248) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Lagostomus maximus (191153) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus maximus (71316 73845) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay | Lagostomus sp. (211646) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Lagostomus maximus (147598) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay (Canelones) | Lagostomus sp. (176485) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus maximus (191127) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Lagostomus maximus (70705) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Lagostomus maximus (93267) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | Lagidium sp., Chinchilla chinchilla (211784) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia | Lagostomus maximus (71324) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Lagidium peruanum (71326 71327 71328 71329) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Lagostomus maximus (187627) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lagostomus sp. (212470) |