Order Rodentia - Family Ctenomyidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
1560
1570
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Ctenomys leucodon
Waterhouse 1848
Ctenomys leucodon
Waterhouse 1848
,
Nat. Hist. Mamm., 2: 281
.
Type Locality:
Bolivia
,
La Paz
Dept., San Andres de Machaca.
Vernacular Names:
White-toothed Tuco-tuco
.
Distribution:
W
Bolivia
and E
Peru
around Lake Titicaca.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Osgood (1946)
suggested that this taxon was distinct at the subgeneric level (
Haptomys
) and sequence analysis is consistant with that suggestion (
Lessa and Cook, 1998
). Karyotype has 2n=36 and FN=68 (
Cook et al., 1990
).