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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Arch. Naturgesch., 1:38.

Original 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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