Ctenomys osvaldoreigi

J. R. Contreras, 1995

Osvaldo Reig'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

Contreras, J.R. 1995. _Ctenomys osvaldoreigi_, una nueva especie de tucu-tuco procedente de las sierras de Cordoba, Republica Argentina (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Nótulas Faunísticas 84:1-4.

Original name as described

Ctenomys osvaldoreigi

Other common names

Reig's Tuco-tuco

Type material

CFA-MA-12170

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Estancia San Luis, Ruta Provincial 20, 10 kilómetros al oeste del Río Yuspe, en el extremo sudeste del Departamento Cruz del Eje, Provincia de Córdoba, 31°24' S, 64°48' W, aproximadamente a 2000 metros," Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

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