Gyldenstolpia fronto

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires 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