Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Kunsia fronto

Description

Kunsia fronto (Winge, 1887). E Museo Lundii, 1 (3):44.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio das Velhas, Pleistocene cave deposits near Lagoa Santa.

DISTRIBUTION: Isolated localities in NE Argentina and EC Brazil; range poorly documented.

SYNONYMS: chacoensis, planaltensis.

COMMENTS: Taxonomy and distribution reviewed by Avila-Pires (1972).

Notes

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 706, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098

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Biodiversity

Family
Muridae
Genus
Kunsia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Winge
Species
fronto
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Kunsia fronto (Winge, 1887) sec. Musser & Carleton, 1993

References

  • Avila-Pires, F. D., de. 1972. A new subspecies of Kunsia fronto (Winge, 1888) from Brazil (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 32: 419 - 422.