Microcavia jayat
Teta, R. A. Ojeda, Lucero, & D'Elía, 2017
Jayat's Mountain Cavy
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Cavioidea |
| Family | : Caviidae |
| Subfamily | : Caviinae |
| Genus | : Microcavia |
Species status
Authority citation
Teta, P., Ojeda, R.A., Lucero, S.O. and D'Elía, G. 2017. Geographic variation in cranial morphology of the southern mountain cavy, _Microcavia australis_ (Rodentia, Caviidae): Taxonomic implications, with the description of a new species. Zoological Studies 56(29):1-18.
Original name as described
Microcavia jayat
Type material
MACN-Ma 17331
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Santa Isabel (26° 20' S, 64° 20' W), Pellegrini Department, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Teta, P., Ojeda, R. A., Lucero, S. O., & D'Elía, G. (2017). Geographic Variation in Cranial Morphology of the Southern Mountain Cavy, Microcavia australis (Rodentia, Caviidae): Taxonomic Implications, with the Description of a New Species. Zoological Studies, 56, e29.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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