Galea flavidens

(J. F. von Brandt, 1835)

Eastern 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Brandt, J.F. von. 1835. Mammalium rodentium exoticorum novorum vel minus rite cognitorum Musei Academici Zoologici descriptiones et icones. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg (6)3(2):357-442.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28731616

Original name as described

Cavia flavidens

Other common names

Brazilian Yellow-toothed Cavy · Yellow-toothed Cavy

Type material

ZIN S. 54

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Patria, Brasilia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001198

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Cavia flavidens

(J. F. von Brandt, 1835)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

flavidens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZIN S. 54

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

439

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28731616

Authority publication

Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg

Galea flavidens

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Caviidae

Root name

flavidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

190

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8823) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/8823/22189525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cavia bilobidens

(P. W. Lund, 1839)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

bilobidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13394383

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Cavia bilobidens

(P. W. Lund, 1840)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

bilobidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

248, 271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13603020 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13603043

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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