Authority citation: Avila-Pires, F.D. de. 1972-09. A new subspecies of Kunsia fronto (Winge, 1888) from Brazil (Rodentia, Cricetidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 32(3):419-422.
Original name as described: Kunsia fronto planaltensis
Nominal names: planaltensis (de Avila-Pires, 1972)
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Akodontini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MN 21300
Type locality: Jardim Zoológico de Brasília Sgt. Sílvio Delmar Hollembach, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA)
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: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: moved from Kunsia to the recently described Gyldenstolpia
Citation: Pardiñas U.F.J., D'Elía G., Teta P.V. 2009. Una introducción a los mayores Sigmodontinos vivientes: revisión de Kunsia Hershkovitz, 1966 y descripción de un nuevo género (Rodentia: Cricetidae).
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