Authority citation: Teta, P., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Udrizar Sauthier, D.E. and Gallardo, M.H. 2014-02-19. A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 95(1):60-71.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-160
Original name as described: Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum
Nominal names: kirchnerorum Teta, Pardiñas, Udrizar Sauthier, & Gallardo, 2014
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Octodontidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: CNP 1862
Type locality: "Argentina, Province of Chubut, department of Gastre, 18 km NNE by road of Los Adobes, conjunction between Ruta Provincial 58 and Zanjón El Colorado (43°13'51.6", 68°38'49.1", 517 m)."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Argentina (ARG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Teta, P., Pardiñas, U. F., Sauthier, D. E. U., & Gallardo, M. H. (2014). A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy, 95(1), 60-71.
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