Ctenomys Blainville, 1826

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 783

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Ctenomys Blainville, 1826 View in CoL . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, p. 62.

TYPE SPECIES: Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville, 1826 View in CoL .

SYNONYMS: Chacomys, Haptomys, Orycteromys.

COMMENTS: Cabrera (1961, based on Osgood, 1946) and Nowak (1991) listed two subgenera: Ctenomys , with all but C. conoveri , which is placed in subgenus Chacomys . Revision of Revision of this genus may reduce the number of species recognized. The chromosomal variation within Ctenomys is 2n= 10-70.