Authority citation: Burmeister, H. 1861. Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten, mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die physische Beschaffenheit und den Culturzustand der Argentinischen Republik. Ausgeführt in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 und 1860. Zweiter Band. H. W. Schmidt, Halle, 538 pp.
Authority publication link: https://books.google.com/books?id=OElCAAAAcAAJ
Original name as described: Anoema leucoblephara
Nominal names: leucoblephara (Burmeister, 1861) | littoralis (O. Thomas, 1901) | negrensis O. Thomas, 1919 | demissa O. Thomas, 1921 | campicola Doutt, 1938 | tixiensis Quintana, 2001
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Caviidae -- Subfamily: Caviinae
Type locality: "Mendoza wie bei Tucuman [= Mendoza Province as in Tucuman Province," Argentina. Restricted by J. Yepes in 1936 to "Mendoza, Argentina."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Bolivia (BOL) | Paraguay (PRY) | Argentina (ARG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: split from G. musteloides
Citation: Dunnum, J. L., & Salazar-Bravo, J. (2010). Phylogeny, evolution, and systematics of the Galea musteloides complex (Rodentia: Caviidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 91(1), 243-259.|Teta, P., & Campo, D. H. (2017). Is Galea tixiensis Quintana, 2001 a synonym of G. leucoblephara Burmeister, 1861?. Therya, 8(3), 209-216.
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