Ctenomys azarae Thomas 1903

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

Ctenomys azarae Thomas 1903

Ctenomys azarae Thomas 1903 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 11: 228.

Type Locality: Argentina, Central Pampas, 780 km SW Buenos Aires (37 o 45’S, 65 o W). Type location originally given as Sapucay, Paraguay ( Thomas, 1903) but corrected to 780 km SW Buenos Aires by Thomas (1903). The type locality corresponds approximately to General Acha, La Pampa Province (Tate, 1935) .

Vernacular Names: Azara's Tuco-tuco.

Distribution: Córdoba and La Pampa Provs. ( Argentina).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Cabrera (1961) synonymized azarae under mendocinus . Considered distinct from mendocinus by Roig and Reig (1969). Placed in the mendocinus group by Massarini et al. (1991 a). Karyotype has 2n=46-48 and FN=68-74 ( Massarini et al., 1998). Topotypes of azarae , mendocinus and porteousi have G-band equivalence and these three taxa share a Robertsonian polymorphism leading Massarini et al. (1998) to suggest that azarae and porteousi may be conspecific with mendocinus .