Canariomys tamarani Lopez-Martinez and Lopez-Jurado 1987
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Canariomys tamarani Lopez-Martinez and Lopez-Jurado, 1987. Donana, Pubi, ocas., 2: 10.
TYPE LOCALITY: Canary Islands, Gran Canaria Isl, "La Aldea de San Nicolas de Tolentino" (Lopez-Martinez and Lopez-Jurado (1987:12).
DISTRIBUTION: Canary Islands, Gran Canaria Isl.
COMMENTS: An endemic of Gran Canaria Isl known only by specimens from the Holocene to pre-hispanic epoch (about 2000 year before present). Its congener, C. bravoi is documented by Pliocene-Pleistocene fossils from Tenerife Isl in the Canary group (Crusafont-Pairo and Petter, 1964). A cladistic analysis by Lopez-Martinez and Lopez-Jurado (1987) suggested that C. bravoi and C. tamarani were in the same monophyletic group, one related to the African Pelomys-Arvicanthis assemblage. However, a cladistic analysis by Hutterer et al. (1988) indicated that each species of Canariomys was in a different monophyletic cluster. Careful re-examination of the material will be necessary to resolve these contrasting views.
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- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE9FFD6FFF6FFBBFFF30B06FF93FFF3 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Lopez-Martinez and Lopez-Jurado
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Canariomys
- Species
- tamarani
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Canariomys tamarani and, 1987 sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993
References
- Lopez-Martinez, N., and L. F. Lopez-Jurado. 1987. Un nuevo murido gigante del Cuaternario de Gran Canaria Canariomys tamarani nov. sp. (Rodentia, Mammalia). Donana, Publicacion Ocasional, 2: 1 - 66.
- Crusafont-Pairo, M., and F. Petter. 1964. Un murine geant fossile des Iles Canaries Canariomys bravoi gen. nov., sp. nov. (rongeurs, murides). Mammalia, Supplement, 28: 607 - 611.