Gyldenstolpia fronto

(Winge, 1888)

Fossorial Giant Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Akodontini
Genus : Gyldenstolpia

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Winge, H. 1888. Jordfundne og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilian. Med Udsigt over Gnavernes indbyrdes Slægtskab. E Museo Lundii 1(3):1-200.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14663920

Original name as described

Scapteromys fronto

Other common names

Fossorial Kunsia

Type material

ZMUC (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Pleistocene cave deposits (Lapa da Escrivânia No. 5) near Lagoa Santa, Rio das Velhas, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

moved from Kunsia to the recently described Gyldenstolpia

Taxonomy notes citation

Pardiñas U.F.J., D'Elía G., Teta P.V. 2009. Una introducción a los mayores Sigmodontinos vivientes: revisión de Kunsia Hershkovitz, 1966 y descripción de un nuevo género (Rodentia: Cricetidae).

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002439

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.

Scapteromys chacoensis

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chacoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NHRM 26

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

1

Authority publication

Arkiv för Zoologi

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:99) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Scapteromys fronto

(Winge, 1888)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fronto

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMUC (unnumbered)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14663920

Authority publication

E Museo Lundii

Kunsia fronto

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fronto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:421, 422) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Gyldenstolpia fronto chacoensis

Pardiñas, D'Elía, & Teta, 2009

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

chacoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

560

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380374

Authority publication

Arquivos do Museu Nacional

Name usages

Pardiñas, D'Elía & Teta (2009:560, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2526)

Gyldenstolpia fronto

Pardiñas, D'Elía, & Teta, 2009

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fronto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

556

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380370

Authority publication

Arquivos do Museu Nacional

Name usages

  1. Pardiñas, D'Elía & Teta (2009:556, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2526)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000176) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11062/22388720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gyldenstolpia fronto fronto

Pardiñas, D'Elía, & Teta, 2009

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fronto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

556

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380370

Authority publication

Arquivos do Museu Nacional

Name usages

Pardiñas, D'Elía & Teta (2009:556, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57380370) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/2526)

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