Ctenomys opimus

J. A. Wagner, 1848

Andean Tuco-tuco

Ctenomys opimus opimus. Also as Highland Tuco-tuco.
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Location:Chile, Arica and Parinacota region, Parinacota province, Lauca National Park, near MisituneDate taken:18 November 2018Description:Ctenomys opimus opimus. Also as Highland Tuco-tuco.

Distribution :

NW Argentina, SW Bolivia, S Peru, N Chile between 2,000 and 5,000 m on the high Andean steppe (=Puna).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 7167

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Parvorder: Caviomorpha
Superfamily: Octodontoidea
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1848. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arten von Ctenomys. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 14(1):72-78.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13698706

Original name as described

Ctenomys opimus

Other common names

Highland Tuco-tuco

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Bolivia." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1900 to "Sahama, " Mont Sahama, Oruro, about 17°49' S, 67°28' W, 3000–4000 m.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina · Bolivia · Chile · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001346

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 6 names and synonyms.

Ctenomys opimus

J. A. Wagner, 1848

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

opimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Bolivia

Type locality

Bolivia: Oruro Department: 17°49′S, 67°28′W.

Authority page

75

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13698706

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wagner (1848:75, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13698706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68509)
Fitzinger (1867:133, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
Trouessart (1897:598, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
Thomas (1902:227, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331510) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16288)
Trouessart (1904:498, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1912:639, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16311)
Thomas (1925:584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19406)
Osgood (1943:131, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2778141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5651)
Pearson (1951:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72329)
Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:584) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Woods (1993:786) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69028)
Anderson (1997:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:327) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
D'Elía, Canto-Hernández, Ossa, Verde-Arregoitia, Bostelmann, Iriarte, Amador, Quiroga-Carmona, Hurtado, Cadenillas & Valdez (2020:75) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67620)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001346) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5818/22194246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenomys opimus luteolus

O. Thomas, 1900

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

luteolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.2.22.17

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Cordilleras of Jujuy, Argentine Republic

Type locality

Argentina: Jujuy.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/cf25d703-7b5e-4125-addc-1ff122f5b4b9

Authority page

384

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266170

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:498, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Thomas (1912:639, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16311)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ctenomys opimus nigriceps

O. Thomas, 1900

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

nigriceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.10.3.42

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Tetiri, about 40 miles W. of Puno, on the Puno-Moquegua road. Altitude 16, 000 feet.

Type locality

Peru: Moquegua Department: 16°31′S, 70°20′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/982d6c01-3dbf-4628-b69f-7a74b9e52a82

Authority page

383

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19266169

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:498, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
Pearson (1951:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72329)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ctenomys luteolus:

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

luteolus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

252

Authority publication

Revista del Instituto de Bacteriología

Name usages

Yepes (1935:252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)

Ctenomys opimus opimus:

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

opimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

497

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1997:497) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)

Ctenomys optimus:

S. L. Gardner & S. Anderson, 2001

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

optimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60900795

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

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