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Gyldenstolpia fronto fronto Winge, 1887

Fossorial giant rat 

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Kunsia fronto (Winge, 1887)

 

Conservation Status

Missing

Last record: Quaternary (Pardinas, D'Elia & Teta, 2009)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

 

Distribution

Minas Gerais, Brazil

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Pardiñas, U.F.J. and Bezerra, M.R. 2015. Genus Gyldenstolpia Paridas, D'Elía, and Teta, 2009. In: Patton, J.L., Paridas, U.F.J. and D’Elía, G. (eds), Mammals of South America, pp. 222-225. University of Chicago Press.

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. Accessed on 06 July 2022.

Pardiñas, Ulyses F. J., Teta, Pablo & D'Elía, Guillermo. (2009). Taxonomy and distribution of Abrawayaomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae), an Atlantic Forest endemic with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 2128: 39-60. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2128.1.2

 

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