Galea comes
O. Thomas, 1919
Southern Highland Yellow-toothed Cavy
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Cavioidea |
| Family | : Caviidae |
| Subfamily | : Caviinae |
| Genus | : Galea |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1919-08-30. List of mammals from the highlands of Jujuy, North Argentina, collected by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)4(21):128-135.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615921Original name as described
Galea comes
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1912.12.12.53
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/34c4feee-b078-4161-9d0b-b4bfe4dbed0eType locality
"Maimara, 2230 m," Jujuy, Argentina.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Bolivia · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
split from G. musteloides
Taxonomy notes citation
Dunnum, J. L., & Salazar-Bravo, J. (2010). Phylogeny, evolution, and systematics of the Galea musteloides complex (Rodentia: Caviidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 91(1), 243-259.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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