Octomys barrerae Lawrence, 1941
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Lawrence (1941): Octomys barrerae. Proc. N . Engl . Zool . Club 18
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Octodontidae
- genus
- Tympanoctomys
- species
- Tympanoctomys barrerae
discussion
COMMENT: Formerly placed in a separate genus, Tympanoctomys, by Yepes, 1940, Rev. Inst. Bact., 9: 569, and Cabrera, 1961: 516, but Packard, 1967, in Anderson and Jones, p. 278, considered it congeneric with Octomys.
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Arid plains of Mendoza Prov. (Argentina).
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Mendoza Prov., La Paz.
Name
- Homonyms
- Octomys barrerae Lawrence, 1941
Bibliographic References
- Wilson, Don E., T. E. Lacher Jr., and R. A. Mittermeier, eds., 2016: null. Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 6: Lagomorphs and Rodents I. 987.