Ctenomys leucodon

G. R. Waterhouse, 1848

White-toothed 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

Waterhouse, G.R. 1848. A Natural History of the Mammalia. Vol. II. Containing the order Rodentia, or Gnawing Mammalia. Hippolyte Baillière, London, 500 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=7s8GAAAAYAAJ

Original name as described

Ctenomys leucodon

Other common names

Titicaca Tuco-tuco

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1846.7.28.60

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10afe90d-36aa-4c7b-a853-30948a779ef9

Type locality

"San Andrés de Machaca, … south of the Lake Titicaca, Department of La Paz, Bolivia." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1927 to "ca. 4,000 m, 16°44' S 69°01' W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001337

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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 leucodon

G. R. Waterhouse, 1848

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

leucodon

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1846.7.28.60

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/10afe90d-36aa-4c7b-a853-30948a779ef9

Authority page

281

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:529) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001337) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5810/22193526) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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