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

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Caviidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1552-1556 : 1554

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