Ctenomys boliviensis

G. R. Waterhouse, 1848

Bolivian 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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1848. A Natural History of the Mammalia. Vol. II. Containing the order Rodentia, or Gnawing Mammalia. Hippolyte Baillière, London, 500 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=7s8GAAAAYAAJ

Original name as described

Ctenomys boliviensis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1846.7.28.57

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5decf412-46d2-4fd0-92fb-2ac6fe83b00b

Type locality

"Plains of Santa Cruz de la Sierra." Refined by O. Thomas in 1921 to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, 480 m, 17° 48' S, 63° 10' W.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. nattereri and C. rondoni; includes goodfellowi

Taxonomy notes citation

Gardner, S. L., J. Salazar- Bravo, and J. A. Cook. 2014. New species of Ctenomys Blainville 1826 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from the lowlands and central valleys of Bolivia. Special Publications of the Museum 62. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1– 34.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001312

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 boliviensis

G. R. Waterhouse, 1848

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

boliviensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.7.28.57

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5decf412-46d2-4fd0-92fb-2ac6fe83b00b

Authority page

278

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:582, 583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:513) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5798) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001312) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5798/115079917) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenomys goodfellowi

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

goodfellowi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.11.17.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0ee8d926-5531-4567-b0e8-5e4a40b65dde

Authority page

136

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626547

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  2. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136607) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136607/22196835) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenomys boliviensis boliviensis

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

boliviensis

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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