Galea tixiensis
Quintana, 2001
Tixi Yellow-toothed Cavy
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder | : Caviomorpha |
| Superfamily | : Cavioidea |
| Family | : Caviidae |
| Subfamily | : Caviinae |
| Genus | : Galea |
Species status
Authority citation
Quintana, C.A. 2001. Galea (Rodentia, Caviidae) del Pleistoceno Superior y Holoceno de las sierras de Tandilia oriental, provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ameghiniana 38(4):399-407.
Original name as described
Galea tixiensis
Type material
LARQ 123
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Pleistoceno tardío a Holoceno tardío ... estrato E superior de Cueva Tixi ... sierras de Tandilia oriental de la provincia de Buenos Aires", Argentina.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
extinct species recently confirmed to have gone extinct in the 19th century
Taxonomy notes citation
Fernández, F. J., García-Morato, S., Gómez, G., Fernández-Jalvo, Y., & Prado, J. L. (2025). Rediscovery of an extinct species of caviine rodent of the Late Pleistocene after the Last Glacial Maximum in the Pampasic Domain (Argentina). Mammalia, (0).
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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