Tapecomys primus

S. Anderson & Yates, 2000

Tapecua Leaf-eared Mouse

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Anderson, S. and Yates, T.L. 2000-02. A new genus and species of phyllotine rodent from Bolivia. Journal of Mammalogy 81(1):18-36.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0018:ANGASO>2.0.CO;2

Original name as described

Tapecomys primus

Other common names

Primordial Tapecua

Type material

MSB:Mamm:239826 (= CBF 2414)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:239826

Type locality

Tapecua, 1500 m, Tarija, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002736

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.

Tapecomys primus

S. Anderson & Yates, 2000

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

primus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MSB:Mamm:239826 (= CBF 2414)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:239826

Authority page

21

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136772) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002736) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136772/22333624) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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