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.

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

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