Galea monasteriensis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Infraordo: Caviomorpha
Familia: Caviidae
Subfamilia: Caviinae
Genus: Galea
Species: Galea monasteriensis

Name

Galea monasteriensis Solmsdorff, Kock, Hohoff e Sachser, 2004

The Muenster yellow-toothed cavy (Galea monasteriensis) is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is known only from one location in Valle Hermoso in Bolivia, at an elevation of 2557 m.[1] Specimens from this location were shipped to Muenster, Germany in 1997 for laboratory research, where the species was recognized and described.[1]

References

^ a b c Dunnum, J. & Vargas, J. (2008). "Galea monasteriensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 June 2009.