Ctenomys ibicuiensis

de Freitas, Fernandes, Fornel, & Roratto, 2012

Ibicui 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

Freitas, T.R.O. de, Fernandes, F.A., Fornel, R. and Roratto, P.A. 2012-10-19. An endemic new species of tuco-tuco, genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with a restricted geographic distribution in southern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 93(5):1355-1367.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/12-MAMM-A-007.1

Original name as described

Ctenomys ibicuiensis

Other common names

Ibicuí Tuco-tuco

Type material

DGIBUFRGS TR 1065

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Manoel Viana, in central-western Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, 29°23'37'' S, 55°25'43'' W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

de Freitas, T. R. O., Fernandes, F. A., Fornel, R., and Roratto, P. A. 2012. An endemic new species of tuco-tuco, genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with a restricted geographic distribution in southern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 93(5): 1355-1367.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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