Primordial tapecua
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
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 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 of the genus Tapecomys. 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. A few additional specimens have been found since, from the type locality and from a location in Jujuy Province, northern Argentina.

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


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