Primordial tapecua
| Primordial tapecua | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 in 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