Ctenomys lewisi

O. Thomas, 1926

Lewis'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. 1926-03-01. The Spedan Lewis South American Exploration.—II. On mammals collected in the Tarija Department, southern Bolivia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)17(99):318-328.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932608633418

Original name as described

Ctenomys lewisi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1926.1.1.116

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c58b060-ba4b-4af9-8284-cf1d2fff3925

Type locality

"Sama, 4000 m," 50 Km W Tarija, Bolivia, 21°3'S, 65°10'W, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001338

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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 lewisi

O. Thomas, 1926

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

lewisi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.1.1.116

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c58b060-ba4b-4af9-8284-cf1d2fff3925

Authority page

323

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

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 (2016:515) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001338) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5811/22193810) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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