Galea musteloides

Meyen, 1833

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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Meyen, F.J.F. 1833. Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Zweite Abhandlung. Säugethiere. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 16(2):549-610.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634618

Original name as described

Galea musteloides

Other common names

Common Yellow-toothed Cavy

Type material

ZMB 36973

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"auf dem Passe von Tacna nach dem Alpen-see von Titicaca [= on the pass of Tacna to the alpine lake of Titicaca]," Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia · Chile

Taxonomy notes

previously included G. comes and G. leucoblephara and includes monasteriensis

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001200

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Galea musteloides

Meyen, 1833

Family

Caviidae

Root name

musteloides

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 36973

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

598

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634618

Authority publication

Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum

Name usages

  1. Meyen (1833:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38634618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67498)
  2. Schinz (1845:102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37529)
  3. Thomas (1916:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19641)
  4. Yepes (1935:241) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:190) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Corbet & Hill (1991:201) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  8. Woods (1993:779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  9. Anderson (1997:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  10. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  11. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #8824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #8824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  14. D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
  15. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001200) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  16. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/86226097/22189593) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cavia boliviensis

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1848)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1845.11.18.22

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/64934893-06b6-4785-b579-5c212f914a30

Authority page

175

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Waterhouse (1848:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35784)
  2. Murray (1866:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Thomas (1893:341, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35992605) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16303)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Cerodon galea

(Schmarda, 1853)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

galea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

560

Authority publication

Vienna

Name usages

Schmarda (1853:560) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68334)

Cerodon boliviensis

(Fitzinger, 1867)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

155

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476841

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Fitzinger (1867:155, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476841) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)

Kerodon auceps

(O. Thomas, 1911)

Family

Caviidae

Root name

auceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.1.1.91

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4d4a51d5-0a7c-407c-b0f6-63d99e189b5f

Authority page

255

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098918

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Galea auceps

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Caviidae

Root name

auceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1916:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19641)

Galea boliviensis

O. Thomas, 1916

Family

Caviidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

303

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1916:303, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22129878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19641)
  2. Thomas (1919:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688136) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15208)

Galea anceps

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Caviidae

Root name

anceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18615921

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Galea musteloides musteloides

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Caviidae

Root name

musteloides

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. Anderson (1997:482) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Galea musteloides auceps

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Caviidae

Root name

auceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

481

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Anderson (1997:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Galea monasteriensis

Solmsdorff, Kock, Hohoff, & Sachser, 2004

Family

Caviidae

Root name

monasteriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SMF:MAMM:91097

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

137–156

Authority publication

Senckenbergiana biologica

Galea monasteriensis

Trillmich, Kraus, Künkele, Asher, Clara, Dekomien, Epplen, Saralegui, & Sachser, 2004

Family

Caviidae

Root name

monasteriensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

517 (footnote)

Authority publication

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Galea musteloides boliviensis

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

Family

Caviidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

435

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:435) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

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