Name - Galea

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:707163 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Galea Kristan 1957

• Galea Shirai 1996

• Galea Meyen 1831

• Galea Meyen 1833

• Galea Smith

• Galea Meuschen 1787

• Galea Smith [ex Klein] 1817

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Monogamy in a new species of wild guinea pigs (Galea sp.).
• Species-level differentiation of two cryptic species pairs of wild cavies, genera Cavia and Galea, with a discussion of the relationship between social systems and phylogeny in the Caviinae.
• Comments on the genus Galea Meyen 1833 with description of Galea monasteriensis n. sp. from Bolivia (Mammalia, Rodentia, Caviidae).
• The first record of Galea Meyen, 1832 (Rodentia, Hystricognathi, Caviidae) in the Late Pleistocene of southern Brazil and its palaeobiogeographic implications.
• Comparative analysis of Galea (Rodentia, Caviidae) and expanded diagnosis of Galea ortodonta Ubilla and Rinderknecht, 2001 (Late Pleistocene, Uruguay).

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