Ctenomys scagliai Contreras 1999

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Ctenomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1560-1570 : 1569

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11327034
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scientific name	Ctenomys scagliai Contreras 1999
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Ctenomys scagliai Contreras 1999 View in CoL , Ciencia Siglo XXI, 3: 10.

Type Locality: Argentina, Tucumán Prov., Los Cardones (26 o 40’S, 65 o 51’W) 2,500 m GoogleMaps .

Vernacular Names: Scaglia's Tuco-tuco.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Discussion: Contreras (1999) concluded that this taxon is related to a primitive stem of the genus including C. opimus – C. pundit – C. talarum . The karyotype attributed to C. knighti with a 2n=36 and FN=64 ( Reig et al., 1992) are from representatives of this species.

References

Contreras, J. R. 1999. El genero Ctenomys en la provincial de Tucuman, Republica Argentina, con la descripcion de una nueva especie (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Ciencia Siglo, XXI (3): 1 - 31.

Reig, O. A., A. I. Massarini, M. O. Ortells, M. A. Barros, S. I. Tiranti, and F. J. Dyzenchauz. 1992. New karyotypes and c-banding patterns of the subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from Argentina. Mammalia, 56 (4): 603 - 623.