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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Kunsia
SPECIES Kunsia fronto
Author: | Winge, 1887. | Citation: | E Museo Lundii, 1(3): 44. | Common Name: | Fossorial Kunsia | Type Locality: | Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Rio das Velhas, Pleistocene cave deposits ("Lapa da Escrivania no. 5") near Lagoa Santa. | Distribution: | Isolated localities in NE Argentina, and EC Brazil; range poorly documented. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Taxonomy and distribution reviewed by Avila-Pires (1972). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
chacoensis (Gyldenstolpe, 1932) planaltensis Avila-Pires, 1972
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