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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Ctenomyidae
--> GENUS Ctenomys
SPECIES Ctenomys knighti
| Author: | Thomas, 1919. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 3: 498. | | Common Name: | Catamarca Tuco-tuco | | Type Locality: | Argentina, Catamarca Prov., Otro Cerro. | | Distribution: | Mountains of La Rioia (W Argentina), north to Salta. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Cabrera (1961) believed viperinus synonymous with knighti. Karyotype reported for this taxon (2n=36 and FN=64; Reig et al., 1992) is from specimens now recognized as C. scagliai. |
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