Primordial tapecua

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Primordial tapecua [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Tapecomys
S. Anderson and Yates, 2000
Species:
T. primus
Binomial name
Tapecomys primus
Anderson and Yates, 2000

The primordial tapecua (Tapecomys primus) is a species of medium-sized rodent in the family Cricetidae. The type locality is in southeastern Bolivia. It is the only known species in the genus Tapecomys. [1] Two specimens were found in 1991 in a forested region at an elevation of 1500 m near the village of Tapecua in the Tarija Department of Bolivia. [3] A few additional specimens have been found since, from the type locality [3] and from a location in Jujuy Province, northern Argentina. [2]

The holotype is held at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico MSB:Mamm:239826

References

  1. 1 2 Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1178. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Dunnum, J.; Bernal, N.; Patterson, B. (2017). "Tapecomys primus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T136772A22333624. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136772A22333624.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. 1 2 Anderson, Sydney; Yates, Terry L. (2000). "A new genus and species of Phyllotine rodent from Bolivia". Journal of Mammalogy . 81 (1): 18–36. doi: 10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0018:ANGASO>2.0.CO;2 . ISSN   1545-1542.