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--> FAMILY Ctenomyidae
--> GENUS Ctenomys
SPECIES Ctenomys budini
Author: | Thomas, 1913. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11: 141. | Common Name: | Budin’s Tuco-tuco | Type Locality: | Argentina, Jujuy Prov., Cerro de Lagunita, E Maimara 4500 m. | Distribution: | SE Jujuy Prov., Argentina. | Comments: | Considered a synonym of frater by Redford and Eisenberg (1992) and Woods (1993) without comment but listed as a distinct species by Galliari et al. (1996). Thomas (1921b) recognized four subspecies but Ellerman (1940) treated sylvanus as a separate species and considered utibilis as a subspecies of that taxon. Galliari et al. (1996) listed barbarus as a distinct species. |
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