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Galea spixii

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Galea spixii (Wagler 1831)

[Cavia] spixii Wagler 1831, Isis, 24: 512.

Type Locality: Brazil, restricted to Minas Gerais, Lagoa Santa by Cabrera (1961:575).

Vernacular Names: Spix's Yellow-toothed Cavy.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Galea spixii subsp. spixii Wagler 1831

Subspecies Galea spixii subsp. palustris Thomas 1911

Subspecies Galea spixii subsp. wellsi Osgood 1915

Distribution: Brazil, Bolivia, east of the Andes.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes wellsi (Corbet and Hill, 1991:201); also see Cabrera (1961:575). Huckinghaus (1961:71) considered wellsi a distinct species. Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=118 (Maia, 1984).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Caviidae, pp. 1552-1556 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1554, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/5F67EE27BFE807F2E34F2ECE550AC64B (URL)
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https://www.gbif.org/species/231536037 (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Wagler
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Caviidae
Genus
Galea
Species
spixii
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Galea spixii (Wagler, 1831) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1991. A world list of mammalian species. Third ed. British Museum (Natural History) Publications, London, 243 pp.
  • Huckinghaus, F. 1961. Vergleichende Untersuchungen uber die Formenmannigfaltigkeit der Unterfamilie Caviinae Murray 1886. (Ergebnisse der Sudamerikaexpedition Herre / Rohrs 1956 - 1957). Zeitschrift fur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, 166: 1 - 98, 62 pls.
  • Maia, V. 1984. Karyotypes of three species of Caviinae (Rodentia, Caviidae). Experientia, 40 (6): 564 - 566.