Ctenomys fochi

O. Thomas, 1919

Foch'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1919-01-01. On some small mammals from Catamarca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)3(13):115-118.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688026

Original name as described

Ctenomys fochi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1918.11.11.68

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b87c044f-b432-403b-81b5-2c85a1abafdc

Type locality

"Chumbicha, Catamarca," Departamento Capayán, Catamarca Province, 28°52' S, 66°14' W, 415 m, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001324

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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 fochi

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

fochi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1918.11.11.68

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b87c044f-b432-403b-81b5-2c85a1abafdc

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688026

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  3. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136499) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136499/22193166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenomys fachi

Redford & Eisenberg, 1992

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

fachi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

374

Authority publication

Chicago

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