Galea leucoblephara

(Burmeister, 1861)

Lowland 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

Burmeister, H. 1861. Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die physische Beschaffenheit und den Culturzustand der Argentinischen Republik. Ausgeführt in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 und 1860. Zweiter Band. H. W. Schmidt, Halle, 538 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=OElCAAAAcAAJ

Original name as described

Anoema leucoblephara

Type locality

"Mendoza wie bei Tucuman [= Mendoza Province as in Tucuman Province," Argentina. Restricted by J. Yepes in 1936 to "Mendoza, Argentina."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Paraguay · 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. · Teta, P., & Campo, D. H. (2017). Is Galea tixiensis Quintana, 2001 a synonym of G. leucoblephara Burmeister, 1861?. Therya, 8(3), 209-216.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001199

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 boliviensis littoralis

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.8.5.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f6361b5c-b285-4957-88cf-4a65e9bd19b7

Authority page

195

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24345061

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Galea negrensis

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Caviidae

Root name

negrensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.12.1.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1d392cc9-88fb-41d5-b308-b83bb1198b90

Authority page

211

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688136

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Galea boliviensis demissa

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Caviidae

Root name

demissa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.11.6.20

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ed786b11-0895-4cf3-b079-a4e82c1eb7e2

Authority page

623

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196806

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Galea spixi campicola

Doutt, 1938

Family

Caviidae

Root name

campicola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 1974

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

100

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Galea tixiensis

Quintana, 2001

Family

Caviidae

Root name

tixiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

LARQ 123

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

402

Authority publication

Ameghiniana

Cavia (Kerodon) leucoblephara

(Lahille, 1899)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

leucoblephara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

193

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147059

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:193, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147059) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Galea musteloides leucoblephara

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

leucoblephara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

241

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Galea musteloides littoralis

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

241

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Galea musteloides demissa

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Caviidae

Root name

demissa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Galea leucoblephara demissa

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Caviidae

Root name

demissa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

436

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Galea leucoblephara

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Caviidae

Root name

leucoblephara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

436

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Ortiz, Jayat, Barbière, Sampietro Vattuone & Peña Monné (2019:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42734)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000504) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001199) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/86236150/86236159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Galea leucoblephara leucoblephara

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Caviidae

Root name

leucoblephara

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

436

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Galea leucoblephara littoralis

D. E. Wilson, T. E. Lacher, & Mittermeier, 2016

Family

Caviidae

Root name

littoralis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

436

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Anoema leucoblephara

(Burmeister, 1861)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

leucoblephara

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

425

Authority publication

Halle

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