Ctenomys heniacamiare

F. J. Mapelli, Teta, F. Contreras, Pereyra, Priotto, & Coda, 2022

Henia-Camiare 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

Authority citation

Mapelli, F.J., Teta, P., Contreras, F., Pereyra, D., Priotto, J.W. and Coda, J.A. 2022-10-22. Looking under stones: A new Ctenomys species from the rocky foothills of the Sierras Grandes of central Argentina. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 30(1):281-298.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10914-022-09634-4

Original name as described

Ctenomys heniacamiare

Type material

CUNRC 38168

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Argentina: Córdoba Province, departamento de San Alberto, alongside RP 34 (Jorge Raúl Recalde route, previously named Camino de las Altas Cumbres). 500 m North of the intersection between RP34 and El Chorro Alto creek (-31.6855°, -64.8983°" ...)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Mapelli, F. J., Teta, P., Contreras, F., Pereyra, D., Priotto, J. W., & Coda, J. A. (2022). Looking under stones: A new Ctenomys species from the rocky foothills of the Sierras Grandes of central Argentina. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1-18.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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