| Author: | I. Geoffroy and d’Orbigny, 1833. |
| Citation: | Mag. Zool. Paris, 3: 3. |
| Common Name: | Southern Mountain Cavy |
| Type Locality: | Argentina, Pategonia, vicinity of the lower part of the Rio Negro. |
| Distribution: | Argentina between Jujuy and Santa Cruz Provs.; Aisen Prov. (Chile); possibly extreme S Bolivia but Anderson (1997) reported no known specimens. |
| Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. |
| Comments: | Reviewed by Thomas (1921b:445) and Tognelli et al. (2001). For synonyms see Cabrera (1954). |
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