Gyldenstolpia planaltensis
(de Avila-Pires, 1972)
Cerrado 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
Authority citation
Avila-Pires, F.D. de. 1972-09. A new subspecies of _Kunsia fronto_ (Winge, 1888) from Brazil (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 32(3):419-422.
Original name as described
Kunsia fronto planaltensis
Type material
MN 21300
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Jardim Zoológico de Brasília Sgt. Sílvio Delmar Hollembach, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
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
Not Evaluated
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