Ctenomys pontifex

O. Thomas, 1918

Brown 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. 1918-01-01. Two new tuco-tucos from Argentina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)1(1):38-40.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641472

Original name as described

Ctenomys pontifex

Other common names

San Luis Tuco-tuco

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1860.1.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5438408a-dbeb-4cb2-a602-47c7c2d7d25a

Type locality

"East side of the Andes near Fort San Rafael, Province of Mendoza." Restricted by O. P. Pearson and H. A. Lagiglia in 1992 to "Volcán Peteroa, Malargüe department, ca. 35°26'S, 70°20'W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001353

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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 pontifex

O. Thomas, 1918

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

pontifex

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1860.1.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5438408a-dbeb-4cb2-a602-47c7c2d7d25a

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18641472

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:253) (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 (2016:533) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5822) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001353) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5822/22194645) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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