Lestoros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Paucituberculata
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Paucituberculata

Familia: Caenolestidae
Genus: Lestoros
Species: Lestoros inca

Name

Lestoros Oehser, 1934: 240 [nomen novum]

• Type species: Orolestes inca Thomas, 1917, by original designation.

Synonyms

• Orolestes Thomas, 1917: 3 [nomen praeoccupatum pro Orolestes McLachlan, 1895]
  • Type species: Orolestes inca Thomas, 1917, by monotypy.
• Cryptolestes Tate, 1934: 154 [nomen novum pro Orolestes Thomas, 1917; nomen praeoccupatum pro Cryptolestes Ganglbauer, 1899]
  • Type species: Orolestes inca Thomas, 1917, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Oehser, P.H. 1934. Another New Generic Name for a South American Marsupial. Journal of Mammalogy 15(3): 240. DOI: 10.2307/1373858 Reference page.