Bibimys chacoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Bibimys
Species: Bibimys chacoensis

Name

Bibimys chacoensis (Shamel, 1931)

Holotype: USNM 236239, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Las Palmas, Chaco, Argentina.” According to the itinerary of Alexander Wetmore (1926:3), the collector of the type, he arrived at Puerto Las Palmas on July 12, 1920, and immediately traveled to “the little village of Las Palmas, headquarters for a large estancia, that covered 60 leagues of land.” There, Wetmore worked until August 2. Thus, the type specimen of chacoensis was secured somewhere around the current town of Las Palmas (ca. 27.0485°S, 58.6889°W), Bermejo, Chaco province, Argentina.

Combinations

• Akodon chacoensis Shamel, 1931: 427 [original combination]
• Bibimys chacoensis: Massoia, 1980: 285 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Shamel, H.H. 1931. Akodon chacoensis, a new cricetine rodent from Argentina. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 21: 427–429. BHL
• Massoia, E. 1980. El estado sistemático de cuatro especies de cricetidos sudamericanos y comentarios sobre otras especies congenericas (Mammalia- Rodentia). Ameghiniana 17: 280–287.

Links

• Bibimys chacoensis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Bibimys chacoensis  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Chacoan Akodont