Ctenomys fodax

O. Thomas, 1910

Lago Blanco 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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1910-03-01. A collection of mammals from eastern Buenos Ayres, with descriptions of related new mammals from other localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)5(27):239-247.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094668

Original name as described

Ctenomys fodax

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.7.9.66

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6cf324a4-90c6-4e34-80e7-5ceedddf417b

Type locality

"Valle del Lago Blanco, Cordillera region of Southern Chubut, Patagonia (about 46° S., 71° W.)." Restricted by U. F. J. Pardiñas and colleagues in 2007 to "Estancia Valle Huemules, Departamento Río Senguer, Chubut, Argentina (46°57' S, 71°31' W, 575 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001325

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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: 2 names and synonyms.

Ctenomys fodax

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

fodax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.7.9.66

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Valle del Lago Blanco, Cordillera region of Southern Chubut, Patagonia (about 46* S., 71* W.).

Type locality

Argentina: Chubut: 45°57′S, 71°31′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6cf324a4-90c6-4e34-80e7-5ceedddf417b

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094668

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1910:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16094668) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/10053)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136601) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136601) (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/1001325) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136601/22196762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenomys talarum fodax:

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

fodax

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)

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