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Ctenomys porteousi Thomas 1916

Description

Ctenomys porteousi Thomas, 1916. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 18:304.

TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Buenos Aires Prov., Bonifacio.

DISTRIBUTION: Buenos Aires and La Pampa Provs. (E Argentina).

COMMENTS: Cabrera (1961:555) included australis in this species; but see Contreras and Reig (1965:62) and Roig and Reig (1969:670) who considered australis as a distinct species; this is followed here. The chromosome no. is 2n=47-48.

Notes

Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 786, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083

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Biodiversity

Family
Ctenomyidae
Genus
Ctenomys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Species
porteousi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Ctenomys porteousi Thomas, 1916 sec. Woods, 1993

References

  • Contreras, J. R., and O. A. Reig. 1965. Datos sobre la distribucion del genero Ctenomys (Rodentia, Octodontidae) en la zona costera de la Provincia Buenos Aires comprendida entre Necocea y Bahia Blanca. Physis, Buenos Aires, 25 (69): 169 - 186.
  • Roig, V. G., and O. A. Reig. 1969. Precipitin test relationships among Argentinian species of the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia, Octodontidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 30: 665 - 672.