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Ctenomys

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Description

A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. Tuco-tucos belong to the only living genus of the family Ctenomyidae, Ctenomys, but they include approximately 60 different species. The common name, "tuco-tuco" comes from the "tuc-tuc" sound they make while they dig their burrows.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctenomys, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2439605	https://www.gbif.org/species/2439605
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	81628	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=81628

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Ctenomyidae : Ctenomys

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
suborder	Hystricomorpha
infraorder	Hystricognathi
-	Caviomorpha
superfamily	Octodontoidea	Waterhouse 1839
family	Ctenomyidae	Lesson 1842
genus	Ctenomys	Blainville 1826

Scientific Name

Ctenomys Blainville, 1826

Name Published In

Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris p.62

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ctenomys	genus	belongs to Octodontidae	stated without evidence	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Ctenomys	genus	belongs to Ctenomyinae	stated with evidence	Fernández et al., 2000

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

6.80 - 4.00 Ma
Neogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore

Ecospace Comments

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ctenomys andersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys argentinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys australis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys azarae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys bergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys boliviensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys bonettoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys budini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys chapalmalensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Ctenomys colburni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys coludo species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys conoveri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys cotocaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Ctenomys coyhaiquensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys dorbignyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys dorsalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys emilianus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys erikacuellarae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys famosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys flamarioni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys fochi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys fodax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys formosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Ctenomys frater species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys fulvus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys goodfellowi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys haigi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys johannis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys juris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys knighti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys kraglievichi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Ctenomys lami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys latro species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys lessai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys leucodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys lewisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys magellanicus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Magellanic Tuco-tuco	2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Ctenomys maulinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys mendocinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys minutus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys occultus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys opimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys osvaldoreigi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys pearsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys perrensi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys peruanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys pilarensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys pontifex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys porteousi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys praderii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Ctenomys priscus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	6.80 Ma Miocene	6.80 Ma Miocene
Ctenomys pundti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys rionegrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys roigi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys saltarius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys scagliai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys sericeus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys sociabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys steinbachi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys subassentiens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	1.20 Ma Pleistocene
Ctenomys sylvanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys talarum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys torquatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys tuconax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys tucumanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys tulduco species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys uquiensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	4.00 Ma Pliocene	4.00 Ma Pliocene
Ctenomys validus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys viperinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys yatesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ctenomys yolandae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Haptomys Thomas, 1916	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Ctenomyidae : *Haptomys*
Chacomys Osgood, 1946	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Ctenomyidae : *Chacomys*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1826	Ctenomys de Blainville p. 62
1997	Ctenomys McKenna and Bell
2000	Ctenomys Fernández et al. p. 87

References

Deschamps C. M. (2005) Late Cenozoic mammal bio-chronostratigraphy in southwestern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, Ameghiniana 42 4, 733-750

Fernández M. E., Vassallo A. I., et al (2000) Functional morphology and palaeobiology of the pliocene rodent Actenomys (Caviomorpha: Octodontidae): the evolution to a subterranean mode of life, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 71 1, 71-90

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

McKenna, Malcolm C., and Susan K. Bell, 1997: null. Classification of mammals above the species level. 631. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 1538-1600. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

N. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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