Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Ctenomys australis
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Ctenomys australis
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Ctenomys australis
Ctenomys australis: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ctenomys australis: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Considered distinct from porteousi by Contreras and Reig (1965) and Roig and Reig (1969). Placed in the mendocinus group by Massarini et al. (1991a). Karyotype is 2n=48, FN=76 (Massarini et al., 1991a). In addition, to being the only member of the mendocinus group to have an invariant karyotype, australis exhibits much lower genetic variation than porteousi (Apfelbaum et al., 1991)