Ctenomys mendocinus
R. A. Philippi, 1869
Mendoza 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
Authority citation
Arch. Naturgesch., 1:38.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7058381Original name as described
Ctenomys mendocina
Other common names
Guanacache Tuco-tuco · Strong Tuco-tuco · Guaymallén Tuco-tuco · Guaymallen Tuco-tuco
Type locality
"Mendoza," Province of Mendoza, 32°53' S, 68°49' W, Argentina.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
includes azarae, porteousi, and validus
Taxonomy notes citation
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. · Teta, P., Jayat, J. P., Alvarado-Larios, R., Ojeda, A. A., Cuello, P., & D’Elía, G. (2023). An appraisal of the species richness of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology, 73, 451-474.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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