Primordial tapecua

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 of 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]

Primordial tapecua[1]

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
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 holotype is held at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico MSB:Mamm:239826

References

  1. 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. Dunnum, J.; Bernal, N. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Tapecomys primus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 9 Feb 2011.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. Anderson, Sydney; Yates, Terry L. (2000). "A new genus and species of Phyllotine rodent from Bolivia" (PDF). Journal of Mammalogy. 81 (1): 18–36. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0018:ANGASO>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1545-1542. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
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