Ctenomys argentinus

J. R. Contreras & L. M. Berry, 1982

Argentine Tuco-tuco

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricomorpha
Infraorder : Hystricognathi
Superfamily : Octodontoidea
Family : Ctenomyidae
Genus : Ctenomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Contreras, J.R. and Berry, L.M. 1982. _Ctenomys argentinus_, una nueva especie de tucu-tucu procedente de la provincia del Chaco, República Argentina (Rodentia, Octodontidae). Historia Natural 2(20):165-173.

Original name as described

Ctenomys argentinus

Type material

CFA-MA-12016

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Establecimiento Invernizzi, Campo Aráos, legua 2, 27 km norte de General San Martín, Departamento Libertador General San Martín, Provincia del Chaco, a 26°36' de latitud sur y 59°15' de longitud oeste," Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001306

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Names and synonyms

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Ctenomys argentinus

J. R. Contreras & L. M. Berry, 1982

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

argentinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CFA-MA-12016

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

166

Authority publication

Historia Natural

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5795) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5795/22191874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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