Microcavia australis (I. Geoffroy and d’Orbigny 1833)

[Microcavia] australis (I. Geoffroy and d’Orbigny 1833), Mag. Zool. Paris, 3: 3.

Type Locality: Argentina, Pategonia, vicinity of the lower part of the Rio Negro.

Vernacular Names: Southern Mountain Cavy.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Microcavia australis subsp. australis I. Geoffroy and d’Orbigny 1833

Subspecies Microcavia australis subsp. maenas Thomas 1898

Subspecies Microcavia australis subsp. salinia Thomas 1921

Distribution: Argentina between Jujuy and Santa Cruz Provs.; Aisen Prov. (Chile); possibly extreme S Bolivia but Anderson (1997) reported no known specimens.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Reviewed by Thomas (1921 b:445) and Tognelli et al. (2001). For synonyms see Cabrera (1954).