Ctenomys famosus Thomas 1920

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 : 1563

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scientific name	Ctenomys famosus Thomas 1920
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Ctenomys famosus Thomas 1920 View in CoL

Ctenomys famosus Thomas 1920 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 6: 420.

Type Locality: Argentina, Rioja Prov., La Invernada.

Vernacular Names: Famatina Tuco-tuco.

Distribution: Sierra Famatina of NW Rioja Prov., Argentina.

Discussion: Recognized as a subspecies of fulvus by Cabrera (1961) and Woods (1993), but considered provisionally distinct by Contreras et al. (1977) and Galliari et al. (1996) recognized it as distinct.

References

Contreras, J. R., V. G. Roig, and C. M. Suzarte. 1977. Ctenomys validus, una nueva especie de tunduque de la Provincia de Mendoza (Rodentia; Octodontidae). Physis, Buenos Aires, sec. C, 36 (92): 159 - 162.

Galliari, C. A., U. F. J. Pardinas, and F. J. Goin. 1996. Lista comentada de los mamiferos Argentinos. Mastozoologia Neotropical, 3 (1): 39 - 61.

Woods, C. A. 1993. Suborder Hystricognathi. Pp. 771 - 806, in Mammal species of the world, a taxonomic and geographic reference, Second ed. (D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder, eds.). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D. C., 1206 pp.