Ctenomys pundti Nehring 1900

Ctenomys pundti Nehring 1900, Zool. Anz., 23: 423.

Type Locality: Argentina, Prov. Cordoba, Alejo Ledesna.

Vernacular Names: Pundt's Tuco-tuco.

Distribution: S Cordoba and S San Luis Provs. (Argentina).

Discussion: Included in mendocinus by Cabrera (1961). Redford and Eisenberg (1992) and Woods (1993) included pundti in mendocinus but Galliari et al. (1996) listed it as a distinct species. Karyotype has 2n=50 and FN=86 (Reig et al., 1992).