Authority citation: Tammone, M.N. 2024-04-03. A new species of Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) from the pre-Andean regions of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 105(3):609-620.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyae024
Original name as described: Ctenomys miguelchristie
Nominal names: miguelchristie Tammone, 2024
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Ctenomyidae
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: CMIN 46
Type locality: "Argentina: Province of Mendoza, Departamento Malargüe, RN N°40, Agua Botada, 15 km NE of Bardas Blancas. 35.81665°S; 69.67844°W WGS84, 1,641 m a.s.l."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Argentina (ARG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Tammone, M. N. (2024). A new species of Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) from the pre-Andean regions of Mendoza Province, Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae024.
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