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Microcavia criolloensis Ubilla et al., 1999

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene

 

Distribution

Uruguay

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Ubilla, Martín, Piñeiro, G. and Quintana, C. A. (1999). A New Extinct Species of the Genus Microcavia (Rodentia, Caviidae) from the Upper Pleistocene of the Northern Basin of Uruguay, with Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Comments. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 34(3): 141-149.

 

Other references:

Ubilla, Martín. (2008). Postcranial morphology of the extinct caviine rodent Microcavia criolloensis (late Pleistocene, South America). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154(4): 975-806. [Abstract]

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/23339/microcavia-criolloensis

 

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