Ctenomys minutus

Nehring, 1887

Minute 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

Nehring, A. 1887. Herr Nehring sprach über eine Ctenomys-Art aus Rio Grande do Sul (Süd-Brasilien). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1887:45-47.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795305

Original name as described

Ctenomys minutus

Other common names

Tiny Tuco-tuco

Type locality

"stammen aus den ‘Campos', welche sich östlich von Mundo Novo." Restricted by A. Langguth and A. Abella in 1970 to the oceanic coast at a resort near the mouth of the Rio Tramandahy, 98 km E of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. bicolor

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001343

Country distribution map

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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 minutus minutus

C. A. Woods & C. W. Kilpatrick, 2005

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Ctenomys minutus

Nehring, 1887

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

47

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7795305

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:521) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001343) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5815/22194130) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenomys minutus marthae

J. R. Contreras & A. N. C. de Contreras, 1984

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

marthae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Ctenomys minutus reigi

J. R. Contreras & A. N. C. de Contreras, 1984

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

reigi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

76

Authority publication

Buenos Aires

Name usages

Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)

Ctenomys minimus

S. Anderson, 1985

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Cuadernos de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia

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