Ctenomys bergi
O. Thomas, 1902
Córdoba Tuco-tuco
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
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1902-04-01. On mammals collected at Cruz del Eje, Central Cordova, by Mr. P. O. Simons. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)9(52):237-245.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331526Original name as described
Ctenomys Bergi
Other common names
Berg's Tuco-tuco · Cordoba Tuco-tuco · Córdoba Laucha Tuco-tuco · Bonetto's Tuco-tuco · Yolanda's Tuco-tuco
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1902.2.5.21
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/583f3135-2d88-4bcf-b2ea-642e01216a39Type locality
"Cruz del Eje [= Departamento Cruz de Eje], " Córdoba, Argentina, 30°44' S, 64°48' W, 449 m.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
includes bonettoi, as well as rosendopascuali and yolandae, which have often been considered distinct species, although these names are nomenclaturally unavailable because they were never published in print
Taxonomy notes citation
Mapelli, F. J., Teta, P., Contreras, F., Pereyra, D., Priotto, J. W., & Coda, J. A. (2022). Looking under stones: A new Ctenomys species from the rocky foothills of the Sierras Grandes of central Argentina. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 1-18. · Contreras, F., Coda, J. A., Teta, P., Pereyra, D., Priotto, J. W., & Mapelli, F. J. (2024). Taxonomy of the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) in central Argentina: redefining the limits of Ctenomys bergi Thomas, 1902. Zoologischer Anzeiger. · Jankowicz, C., Teta, P., Fernández, M. J. G., & Mapelli, F. J. (2025). Less than expected: species diversity of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) in north-central Argentina. Zoologischer Anzeiger.
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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