Gyldenstolpia fronto chacoensis (Gyldenstolpe, 1932)
Chaco fossorial giant rat
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Scapteromys chacoensis Gyldenstolpe, 1932 (original combination); Kunsia fronto chacoensis (Gyldenstolpe, 1932)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1896
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Chaco region, Argentina
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gyldenstolpe, N. (1932). A new Scapteromys from Chaco Austral, Argentine. Arkiv för Zoologi, 24B(1):1-2.
Other references:
Pardiñas, U.F.J., D’Elía, G. and Teta, P. 2008. Una introducción a los mayo-res sigmodontinos vivientes: revisión de Kunsia Hershkovitz, 1966 y des-cripción de un nuevo género (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Arquivos do MuseuNacional, Rio de Janeiro 66: 509-594.
Pardinas, U., D'Elia, G., Teta, P. & Patterson, B. 2018. Gyldenstolpia fronto. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T11062A22388720. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T11062A22388720.en. Downloaded on 20 December 2020.
Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. 2015. Mammals of South America: Volume 2, Rodents. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago.