Ctenomys occultus

O. Thomas, 1920

Furtive 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. 1920-08-01. A new tuco-tuco from Tucuman. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)6(32):243-244.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240041

Original name as described

Ctenomys occultus

Other common names

Oculto

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1920.7.6.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1afea002-8c2a-496b-8031-129acea194d6

Type locality

"Monteagudo, about 80 km. S.E. of Tucuman City," San Miguel de Tucumán, Departamento Simoca, Tucumán, Argentina, 27°31' S, 65°17' W, 296 m.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001345

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 occultus

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

occultus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.7.6.8

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1afea002-8c2a-496b-8031-129acea194d6

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19240041

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  5. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:517) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001345) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5817/22194328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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