Primordial Tapecua

Taxobox
name = Primordial TapecuaMSW3 Woods|id=13000930]
status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Cricetidae
subfamilia = Sigmodontinae
tribus = Phyllotini
genus = "Tapecomys"
species = "T. primus"
binomial = "Tapecomys primus"
binomial_authority = Anderson and Yates, 2000
synonyms =

The Primordial Tapecua ("Tapecomys primus") is a species of medium sized rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is so far only known from the type locality in southeastern Bolivia and is the only known species of the genus "Tapecomys". Two specimens were found in 1991 in a forested region at an elevation of 1,500 m near the village of Tapecua in the Tarija Department of Bolivia.cite journal |last= Anderson |first= Sydney |authorlink= |coauthors= Yates, Terry L. |year= 2000 |month= |title=A new genus and species of Phyllotine rodent from Bolivia |journal= Journal of Mammalogy |volume=81 |issue=1 |pages=18-36 |id= |url=http://www.msb.unm.edu/mammals/publications/Anderson2000.pdf |accessdate=2008-06-20 ] A few additional specimens has since been found, also from the type locality.

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