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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Ctenomyidae
--> GENUS Ctenomys
SPECIES Ctenomys scagliai
| Author: | Contreras, 1999. | | Citation: | Ciencia Siglo XXI, 3: 10. | | Common Name: | Scaglia’s Tuco-tuco | | Type Locality: | Argentina, Tucumán Prov., Los Cardones (26o40’S, 65o51’W) 2,500 m. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | | Comments: | Contreras (1999) concluded that this taxon is related to a primitive stem of the genus including C. opimus – C. pundit – C. talarum. The karyotype attributed to C. knighti with a 2n=36 and FN=64 (Reig et al., 1992) are from representatives of this species. |
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