Gyldenstolpia fronto

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Gyldenstolpia
Species: Gyldenstolpia fronto
Subspecies: G. f. chacoensis – †G. f. fronto

Name

Gyldenstolpia fronto (Winge, 1888)

Holotype: ZMUC s/n, anterior skull fragment (including right M1-M3 and left M1).

Type locality: “Lapa da Escrivania [= Lapa da Escrivânia] Nr. 5,” a cavechamber excavated by Peter W. Lund near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The exact location of this cave is unknown, but was probably not far from the city of Lagoa Santa, 20 km N Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

Combinations

Scapteromys fronto Winge, 1888: 44 [original combination]
Kunsia fronto: Hershkovitz, 1966: 116 [name combination]
Gyldenstolpia fronto: Pardiñas, D’Elía & Teta, 2009: 554 [name combination]

References

Primary references

Winge, H. 1888. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slaegtskab. E Museo Lundii Band 1(3). F. Dreyer: Kjöbenhavn. 178 pp. + 8 pls. BHL Reference page.
Hershkovitz, P. 1966. South American swamp and fossorial rats of the scapteromyine group (Cricetinae, Muridae), with comments on the glans penis in murid taxonomy. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 31: 81–149.
Pardiñas, U.F.J., D’Elía, G. & Teta, P. 2009. Una introducción a los mayores sigmodontinos vivientes: revisión de Kunsia Hershkovitz, 1966 y descripción de un nuevo género Rodentia: Cricetidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66: 509–594.

Links

Gyldenstolpia fronto in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Kunsia fronto (Endangered)

Vernacular names

English: Fossorial Giant Rat
português: Rato-do-mato