Primordial tapecua

The primordial tapecua (Tapecomys primus) is a species of medium-sized rodent in the family Cricetidae. The type locality is in southeastern Bolivia. It is the only known species in the genus Tapecomys.^[1] Two specimens were found in 1991 in a forested region at an elevation of 1500 m near the village of Tapecua in the Tarija Department of Bolivia.^[3] A few additional specimens have been found since, from the type locality^[3] and from a location in Jujuy Province, northern Argentina.^[2]

Primordial tapecua[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Tapecomys S. Anderson and Yates, 2000
Species:	T. primus
Binomial name
Tapecomys primus Anderson and Yates, 2000

The holotype is held at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico MSB:Mamm:239826

References

1. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1178. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Dunnum, J.; Bernal, N.; Patterson, B. (2017). "Tapecomys primus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T136772A22333624. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136772A22333624.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
3. Anderson, Sydney; Yates, Terry L. (2000). "A new genus and species of Phyllotine rodent from Bolivia" (PDF). Journal of Mammalogy. 81 (1): 18–36. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0018:ANGASO>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1545-1542. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2008-06-20.