Primordial tapecua

Primordial tapecua
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Phyllotini
Genus:	Tapecomys
Species:	T. primus
Binomial name
	Tapecomys primus; Anderson and Yates, 2000

The primordial tapecua (Tapecomys primus) is a species of medium-sized rodent in the family Cricetidae. The type locality is in southeastern Bolivia. It is the only known species of the genus Tapecomys.^[1] Two specimens were found in 1991 in a forested region at an elevation of 1500 m near the village of Tapecua in the Tarija Department of Bolivia.^[3] A few additional specimens have been found since, from the type locality^[3] and from a location in Jujuy Province, northern Argentina.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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^ ^a ^b Anderson, Sydney; Yates, Terry L. (2000). "A new genus and species of Phyllotine rodent from Bolivia" (PDF). Journal of Mammalogy. 81 (1): 18–36. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0018:ANGASO>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1545-1542. Retrieved 2008-06-20.

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[msw3-1] Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[andersonyates-3] Anderson, Sydney; Yates, Terry L. (2000). "A new genus and species of Phyllotine rodent from Bolivia" (PDF). Journal of Mammalogy. 81 (1): 18–36. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0018:ANGASO>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1545-1542. Retrieved 2008-06-20.

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