Ctenomys miguelchristie
Tammone, 2024
Miguel Christie'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
Authority citation
Tammone, M.N. 2024-04-03. A new species of Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) from the pre-Andean regions of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 105(3):609-620.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae024Original name as described
Ctenomys miguelchristie
Type material
CMIN 46
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Argentina: Province of Mendoza, Departamento Malargüe, RN N°40, Agua Botada, 15 km NE of Bardas Blancas. 35.81665°S; 69.67844°W WGS84, 1,641 m a.s.l."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Tammone, M. N. (2024). A new species of Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) from the pre-Andean regions of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae024.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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