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Taxonomy
Galea musteloides was named by Meyen (1832). It is extant.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1832 | Galea musteloides Meyen |
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Galea musteloides Meyen 1832 [common yellow-toothed cavy]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lujanian | Peru (Puno) | Galea musteloides (145248) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | Galea musteloides (141182) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia | Galea musteloides (71324) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Galea musteloides (70705) |