Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Ctenomys porteousi
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 porteousi
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 porteousi
Ctenomys porteousi: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ctenomys porteousi: Comments
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)
Comment:
Comments: Cabrera (1961) included australis in porteousi; but see Contreras and Reig (1965) and Roig and Reig (1969:670) who considered australis as a distinct species. Placed in the mendocinus group by Massarini et al. (1991a). Karyotype has 2n=47-48 and FN=71-73 (Massarini et al., 1991a). Although populations of porteousi demonstrate both highly polymorphic karyotypes and high allozymic heterozygosity, Massarini et al. (1992) inferred high rates of gene flow to account for the homogeneity observed ...