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

Living
Found in the wild

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.

Original name as described

Ctenomys erikacuellarae

Type material

MSB:Mamm:63391

Type kind

holotype

Type 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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