Ctenomys steinbachi

O. Thomas, 1907

Steinbach'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

Thomas, O. 1907-08-01. On neotropical mammals of the genera Callicebus, Reithrodontomys, Ctenomys, Dasypus, and Marmosa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)20(116):161-168.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413401

Original name as described

Ctenomys Steinbachi

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Campo of Province Sara, near Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia." Restricted by S. Anderson and colleagues in 1987 to "6 km N of Buen Retiro, 17°13' S., 63°38' W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001364

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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 Steinbachi

O. Thomas, 1907

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

steinbachi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26413401

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  4. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5827) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5827/22194994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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