Dolichotis

Dolichotis patagonum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caviomorpha

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: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha

Familia: Caviidae
Subfamilia: Dolichotinae
Genus: Dolichotis
Species (2 + †6): †D. chapalmalense – †D. improla – †D. intermedia – †D. major – †D. minor – D. patagonum – †D. plathycephala – D. salinicola

Name

Dolichotis Desmarest, 1820

References

Primary references

• Desmarest, A.G. 1820. Mammalogie ou Description des espèces de mammifères. Partie I. Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Campo, D.H., Caraballo, D.A., Cassini, G.H., Lucero, S.O. & Teta, P. 2020. Integrative taxonomy of extant maras supports the recognition of the genera Pediolagus and Dolichotis within the Dolichotinae (Rodentia, Caviidae). Journal of Mammalogy 101(3): 817–834. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa038 Reference page. 
• Madozzo-Jaén, M.C., Pérez, M.E. & Deschamps, C.M. 2021. The Oldest Species of Dolichotis (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pliocene of Argentina: Redescription and Taxonomic Status of “Orthomyctera” chapalmalense. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 28: 995–1013. DOI: 10.1007/s10914-021-09559-4 Reference page.