Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Ctenomys haigi
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 haigi
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 haigi
Ctenomys haigi: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ctenomys haigi: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Cabrera (1961) synonymized haigi under mendocinus, but Pearson (1984) elevated it to a species based on the unique karyotype of 2n=50, FN=66 (Gallardo, 1991). Although the isozyme study of Gallardo and Palma (1992) found that haigi was paraphyletic, the lack of data from other taxa of the mendocinus complex makes it difficult to evaluate this conclusion. Substantial divergence has been reported between haigi and mendocinus consistent with their recognition at the species level (Lessa and Co...