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SPECIES Ctenomys sylvanus

Author:Thomas, 1919.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 4: 155.
Common Name:Forest Tuco-tuco
Type Locality:Argentina, Salta Prov., Tartagal.
Distribution:SE Jujuy Prov. and Salta Prov. (NW Argentina).
Comments:Considered a synonym of frater by Woods (1993) without comment but listed as a distinct species by Galliari et al. (1996).
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SUBSPECIES sylvanus

SUBSPECIES utibilis

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