Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi Author Charles A. Woods text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 771 806 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353083 1-56098-217-9 7353083 Ctenomys mendocinus Philippi, 1869 . Arch. Naturgesch., 1:38 . TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina , Mendoza Prov. , Mendoza . DISTRIBUTION: East of the mountains from Salta Prov. to Chubut ( Argentina ). SYNONYMS: bergi, fochi, juris, pundti, recessus. COMMENTS: Formerly included azarae , latro , occultus , and tucumanus ( Roig and Reig, 1969:670 ; Reig et al., 1966 ). Pearson (1984) recognized haigi as a distinct species. The chromosome no. is 2n=47-48.