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Ctenomys miguelchristie Tammone, 2024

Miguel Christie's Tuco-tuco

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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