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Ctenomys

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Infraordo: Caviomorpha
Familia: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: C. argentinus - C. australis - C. azarae - C. boliviensis - C. bonettoi - C. brasiliensis - C. colburni - C. conoveri - C. dorsalis - C. emilianus - C. flamarioni - C. frater - C. fulvus - C. haigi - C. knighti - C. latro - C. leucodon - C. lewisi - C. magellanicus - C. maulinus - C. mendocinus - C. minutus - C. nattereri - C. occultus - C. opimus - C. pearsoni - C. perrensis - C. peruanus - C. pontifex - C. porteousi - C. rionegrensis - C. saltarius - C. sericeus - C. sociabilis - C. steinbachi - C. talarum - C. torquatus - C. tuconax - C. tucumanus - C. validus

Name

Ctenomys Blainville, 1826

References

* Anderson, S.; Yates, T.L.; Cook, J.A. 1987: Notes on Bolivian mammals. 4, The genus Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) in the eastern lowlands. American Museum novitates, (2891)
* Cook, J.A.; Anderson, S.; Yates, T.L. 1990: Notes on Bolivian mammals. 6, The genus Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae) in the highlands. American Museum novitates, (2980)
* Gallardo, M.H. 1991: Karyotypic evolution in Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Journal of mammalogy, 72: 11-21. JSTOR
* Ctenomys in Mammal Species of the World.
* Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder


Vernacular names
English: tuco-tucos

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