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SPECIES Ctenomys azarae
Author: | Thomas, 1903. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 11: 228. | Common Name: | Azara’s Tuco-tuco | Type Locality: | Argentina, Central Pampas, 780 km SW Buenos Aires (37o45’S, 65oW). Type location originally given as Sapucay, Paraguay (Thomas, 1903) but corrected to 780 km SW Buenos Aires by Thomas (1903). The type locality corresponds approximately to General Acha, La Pampa Province (Tate, 1935). | Distribution: | Córdoba and La Pampa Provs. (Argentina). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Cabrera (1961) synonymized azarae under mendocinus. Considered distinct from mendocinus by Roig and Reig (1969). Placed in the mendocinus group by Massarini et al. (1991a). Karyotype has 2n=46-48 and FN=68-74 (Massarini et al., 1998). Topotypes of azarae, mendocinus and porteousi have G-band equivalence and these three taxa share a Robertsonian polymorphism leading Massarini et al. (1998) to suggest that azarae and porteousi may be conspecific with mendocinus. |
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