Ctenomys argentinus Conterras and Berry 1982

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 : 1561

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Ctenomys argentinus Conterras and Berry 1982 View in CoL

Ctenomys argentinus Conterras and Berry 1982 View in CoL , Hist. Nat. ( Argentina), 2 (20): 166.

Type Locality: Argentina, Chaco Prov., Libertador Gen. San Martin Dept., Campo Araos (26 o 31’S, 59 o 15’W) GoogleMaps .

Vernacular Names: Argentine Tuco-tuco.

Distribution: Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, and Santa Fe Provinces (NC Argentina).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Contreras and Berry (1985) for distribution. Karyotype has 2n=44 and FN=50-52 (Giménez et al., 1997; Ortells et al., 1990).

Contreras, J. R., Y. E. Davis, A. O. Contreras and M. Alvarez. 1985. Acerca de la distribucion de Ctenomys perrensi Thomas, 1896 y sus relaciones geograficas con las demas especies del genero (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Historia Natural, 5 (22): 173 - 178.

Ortells, M. O., J. R. Contreras, and O. A. Reig. 1990. New Ctenomys karyotypes (Rodentia, Octodontidae) from north-eastern Argentina and from Paraguay confirm the extreme chromosomal multiformity of the genus. Genetica, 82: 189 - 201.