Aconaemys sagei

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea
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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Holotype: MVZ 163419, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Pampa de Hui Hui, 4 km west and 2 km south of Cerro Quillén, 1050 m, Province of Neuquén, Argentina.”

Pearson, O.P. 1984. Taxonomy and natural history of some fossorial rodents of Patagonia, southern Argentina. Journal of Zoology 202(2): 225–237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb05952.x Reference page.

Aconaemys sagei 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.
Roach, N. 2016. IUCN: Aconaemys sagei (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T279A78318855. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T279A78318855.en

English: Sage's Rock Rat