Ctenomys brasiliensis

de Blainville, 1826

Brazilian 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

Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, 3:62.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31847311

Original name as described

Ctenomys brasiliensis

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1988-271 (= MNHN ? 397)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1988-271

Type locality

"des parties intérieures du Brésil de la province de Las Minas." Corrected by C. J. Bidau in 2015 to "Minas, Lavalleja, Uruguay."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001314

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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 brasiliensis

de Blainville, 1826

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1988-271 (= MNHN ? 397)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1988-271

Authority page

64

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31847311

Authority publication

Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société philomatique de Paris (1825-1833)

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:252, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Lahille (1899:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  4. Yepes (1935:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1980:192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  6. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  7. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  8. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5800) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001314) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5800/22192465) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

braziliensis

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

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

braziliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

1561

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005:1561) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Ctenomys brasiliensis

von Pelzeln, 1883

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

subsequent_usage

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9423295

Authority publication

Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien

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