Ctenomys erikacuellarae
S. L. Gardner, Salazar-Bravo, & J. A. Cook, 2014
Erika'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
Authority citation
Gardner, S.L., Salazar-Bravo, J. and Cook, J.A. 2014. New species of Ctenomys Blainville 1826 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from the lowlands and central valleys of Bolivia. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 62:1-34.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55043076Original name as described
Ctenomys erikacuellarae
Type material
MSB:Mamm:63391
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:63391Type locality
"Bolivia, Department of Chuquisaca, 19°43' S, 63°51' W, elevation 1200 m."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Bolivia
Taxonomy notes
recently described; includes the name mariafarelli, which is an unavaialble name that has been used for this taxon
Taxonomy notes citation
Azurduy, H. (2005). Descripción de una nueva especie de Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) de los valles interandinos de Bolivia. Kempffiana, 1, 70–74. · 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. · Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of south america, volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press. · D'Elía, G., Teta, P., & Lessa, E. P. (2021). A short overview of the systematics of Ctenomys: species limits and phylogenetic relationships. Tuco-Tucos: An Evolutionary Approach to the Diversity of a Neotropical Subterranean Rodent, 17.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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