Ctenomys australis

Rusconi, 1934

Dune 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

Rusconi, C. 1934. Una nueva subespecie de tucu-tuco viviente. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 38:108-110.

Original name as described

Ctenomys Porteousi australis

Other common names

Southern Tuco-tuco

Type material

Rusconi 376

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Necochea (F.C.S.), Provincia de Buenos Aires," 38°33' S, 58°45' W, 10 m.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001307

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Ctenomys Porteousi australis

Rusconi, 1934

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

Rusconi 376

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

108

Authority publication

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Name usages

Yepes (1935:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Ctenomys australis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

192

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Woods (1993:784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
  5. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  6. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5796) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5796/78319377) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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