Ctenomys saltarius

O. Thomas, 1912

Salta 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. 1912-12-01. New Centronycteris and Ctenomys from S. America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)10(60):638-640.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640710

Original name as described

Ctenomys saltarius

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1899.2.22.26

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bf04b7e8-f755-49ef-9c54-dbd7afa2bbaf

Type locality

"Salta, N Argentina."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001360

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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 saltarius

O. Thomas, 1912

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

saltarius

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.2.22.26

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Salta, N. Argentina

Type locality

Argentina: Salta.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bf04b7e8-f755-49ef-9c54-dbd7afa2bbaf

Authority page

639

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640710

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1912:639, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18640710) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16311)
Corbet & Hill (1980:193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:585) (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)
Woods & Kilpatrick (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8545)
Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier (2016:516) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59599)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #5824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #5824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5824/22194818) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ctenomys talarum saltarius:

J. Yepes, 1935

Family

Ctenomyidae

Root name

saltarius

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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