Ctenomys contrerasi
Teta & D'Elía, 2020
Contreras's 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
Teta, P. and D'Elía, G. 2020-05-29. Uncovering the species diversity of subterranean rodents at the end of the World: three new species of Patagonian tuco-tucos (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha, Ctenomys). PeerJ 8:e9259.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9259Original name as described
Ctenomys contrerasi
Type material
CFA-MA-11853
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
alongside RP 2, 33 km E RN 3, Estancia El Desempeño, Biedma, Chubut, Argentina (-42.51079, -64.7471).
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Teta P, D'Elía G. 2020. Uncovering the species diversity of subterranean rodents at the end of the World: three new species of Patagonian tuco-tucos (Rodentia, Hystricomorpha, Ctenomys) PeerJ 8:e9259 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9259IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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