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 dorbignyi
Ctenomys dorbignyi: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Ctenomys dorbignyi: Comments
Comment:
Comments: See Contreras and Scolaro (1986) for details of geographic distribution. Karyotype has 2n=70 and FN=84 (Ortells et al., 1990) but Garcia et al. (2000) reported a FN=88. The karyotype of dorbignyi is indistinguishable from some of the karyotypes assigned to C. pearsoni in gross morphology (Ortells et al., 1990) and G-band patterns (Garcia et al., 2000). Garcia et al. (2000) reported differences in the C-bands of the two species but results for dorbignyi are different from that reported by Re...