Ctenomys torquatus

H. Lichtenstein, 1830

Collared 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

Lichtenstein, H. 1830. Pls. 17–37. Pp. pl. 17–pl. 37 in Lichtenstein, H. 1834. Darstellung neuer oder wenig bekannter Säugethiere in Abbildungen und Beschreibungen von fünf und sechzig Arten auf funfzig colorirten Steindrucktafelln nach den Originalen des zoologischen Museums der Universität zu Berlin. C. G. Lüderitz, Berlin, not continuously paginated pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374117

Original name as described

Ctenomys torquatus

Type material

ZMB 1199

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Das Vaterland dieses Thiers sind die südlichen Provinzen Brasiliens und die Ufer des Uruguay, wo es malwurfartig unter der Erde lebt." As summarized by C. J. Bidau in 2015, the actual type locality is still uncertain.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001367

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 torquatus

H. Lichtenstein, 1830

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 1199

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

pl. 31 (fig. 1, unnumbered associated page)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43374117

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Lahille (1899:190, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147056) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)
  3. Yepes (1935:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:585) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
  7. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:522) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5829) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001367) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5829/115080157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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