Ctenomys bicolor

A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914

Bicolored 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

Authority citation

Miranda-Ribeiro, A. de. 1914-05. Mammíferos. Cebidæ, Hapalidæ; Vespertilionidæ, Emballonuridæ, Phyllostomatidæ; Felidæ, Mustelidæ, Canidæ, Procyonidæ; Tapyridæ; Suidæ, Cervidæ; Sciuridæ, Muridæ, Octodontidæ, Coenduidæ, Dasyproctidæ, Caviidæ e Leporidæ; Platanistidæ; Bradypodidæ, Myrmecophagidæ, Dasypodidæ; Didelphyidæ. Commissão de Linhas Telegraphicas Estrategicas de Matto-Grosso ao Amazonas, Rio de Janeiro, 47 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51959816

Original name as described

Ctenomys bicolor

Type locality

"Mato Grosso." Restricted by C. J. Bidau and F. D. de Avila-Pires in 2009 to Rondônia State, Brazil, 12°01'S, 60°57'W, at 335 m elevation.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from C. minutus

Taxonomy notes citation

Stolz, J. F. B., Gonçalves, G. L., Leipnitz, L., & Freitas, T. R. O. (2013). DNA-based and geometric morphometric analysis to validate species designation: a case study of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys bicolor. Genetics and Molecular Research, 12(4), 5023-5037.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001310

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 bicolor

A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1914

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51959816

Authority publication

Rio de Janeiro

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001310) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Ctenomys minutus bicolor

C. A. Woods & Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

bicolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

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