Ctenomys eileenae
Teta, Jayat, Alvarado-Larios, A. A. Ojeda, P. A. Cuello, & D'Elía, 2023
Eileen'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
Authority citation
Teta, P., Jayat, J.P., Alvarado-Larios, R., Ojeda, A.A., Cuello, P.A. and D'Elía, G. 2023-05-16. An appraisal of the species richness of the _Ctenomys mendocinus_ species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 73:451-474.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065Original name as described
Ctenomys eileenae
Type material
MACN-Ma 30847
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Argentina: La Rioja Province, Vinchina Department, Refugio El Peñón, on road to Laguna Brava, 3,609 m a.s.l. (–28.4765°, –68.8376°; Fig. 2: locality 1)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Teta, P., Jayat, J. P., Alvarado-Larios, R., Ojeda, A. A., Cuello, P., & D’Elía, G. (2023). An appraisal of the species richness of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology, 73, 451-474.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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