Ctenomys pulcer

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: Ctenomys pulcer

Name

Ctenomys pulcer Verzi, De Santi, Olivares, Morgan, Basso & Brook, 2023: 293

• Holotype: MLP-Mz 8.X.02.17, ♂, skin and skeleton, collected by D. Verzi and E. Etcheverry on 5 July 1999.
• Type locality: “Argentina, Buenos Aires Province, Monte Hermoso County, Estancia Delta (38°56’47”S; 61°15’22”W)”.

References

Primary references

• Verzi, D.H., De Santi, N.A., Olivares, A.I., Morgan, C.C., Basso, N.G. & Brook, F. 2023. A new species of the highly polytypic South American rodent Ctenomys increases the diversity of the magellanicus clade. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 289–312. DOI: 10.3897/vz.73.e96656 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Monte Hermoso Tuco-tuco