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] Arenales -
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: 134)
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<taxonomicName id="DAB077A4CE92EF3FEA46A1E619336791" authority="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda, 2024" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys mendocinus" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mendocinus" status="sp. nov.">Ctenomys mendocinus</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation id="F2F538884C086E96BFCF4D3F5A36634A" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab089" author="Tammone, MN" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="1405 - 1425" refId="B40" refString="Tammone, MN, Lacey, EA, Voglino, D, Cuellar-Soto, E, Pardinas, UFJ, 2021. Disentangling the complex alpha taxonomy of Andean populations of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from northern Patagonia: The need for extensive sampling in heterogeneous landscapes. Journal of Mammalogy 102: 1405 - 1425, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab089" title="Disentangling the complex alpha taxonomy of Andean populations of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from northern Patagonia: The need for extensive sampling in heterogeneous landscapes." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab089" volume="102" year="2021">Tammone et al. (2021</bibRefCitation>
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: 1413)
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<taxonomicName id="B13561A4F49D55622AF57430518AC2C4" authority="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda, 2024" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus" status="sp. nov.">Ctenomys</taxonomicName>
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[
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lineage -
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<bibRefCitation id="BD0EE8CA548E2EE2CAD7C5920EC4974C" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" author="Teta, P" journalOrPublisher="Vertebrate Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="451 - 474" refId="B45" refString="Teta, P, Jayat, JP, Alvarado-Larios, R, Ojeda, AA, Cuello, P, D'Elia, G, 2023. An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 451 - 474, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" title="An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" volume="73" year="2023">Teta et al. (2023</bibRefCitation>
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: 454)
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<subSubSection id="55F085742E357B8632DFA59DBB7BC21A" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="holotype">
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<paragraph id="CD79B040F3FA7FBD58C4E56CD926055B" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D6E28FB635881779B14A2BE9462D45A8" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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An adult male (CMI 7712), including skin, skeleton, and tissues, collected on 28 April 2023 by Raquel Alvarado-Larios, Pablo Cuello, Agustina Ojeda, Andrea P. Tarquino-Carbonell, and Paula Cornejo (original field number RCAL 91) (Figs
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<figureCitation id="211B758EFCD679B4D1211EFD6588EDBC" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External appearance of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. A CMI 7712 (holotype), from Cajon de Arenales, Tunuyan, Mendoza, Argentina; B CMI 7737, from Finca Caicayen II, Tupungato, Mendoza, Argentina." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998058" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">4</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="140469B87E596908E89C9F00C58261B1" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Cranial anatomy of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. Lateral (above), dorsal (below, left), and ventral (below, right) views of the skull and labial view of the mandible (middle) of the holotype of C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998059" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">5</figureCitation>
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). An 801 base-pair sequence of the cyt
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<emphasis id="419A2747CDACF6688C077D5D55907D86" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">b</emphasis>
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gene has been deposited in GenBank with accession number (OR669674).
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="9182F8B33F45DC7DCAE023862F2CA195" doi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998058" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" start="Figure 4" startId="F4">
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<paragraph id="F67CB6C11C6C15A3392EC8A90B147E2C" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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<emphasis id="CE584278F383C67E93891F10F1F91F77" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Figure 4.</emphasis>
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External appearance of
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<taxonomicName id="26B2A11D473B12C9FD730E3F982F4948" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
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<emphasis id="FB48A693A591C0D028323CA449F2D9D0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0890C0D7E52764117329E48C254AD07A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov. A</emphasis>
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CMI 7712 (holotype), from
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<normalizedToken id="9BEC75AA5420B933E4B606D5E99CEBB8" originalValue="Cajón">Cajon</normalizedToken>
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de Arenales,
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<normalizedToken id="671925345086EEAD527844817490FE1C" originalValue="Tunuyán">Tunuyan</normalizedToken>
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, Mendoza, Argentina;
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<emphasis id="1DA220620CC25985FD8D8B8158B7E066" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">B</emphasis>
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CMI 7737, from Finca
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<normalizedToken id="274C06762671D419FDF36866EF4C010E" originalValue="Caicayén">Caicayen</normalizedToken>
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II, Tupungato, Mendoza, Argentina.
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</caption>
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<caption id="C352224CAE9FCFDE16D1650B74BAD9A0" doi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998059" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
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<paragraph id="34F9A98B0A304F02426F03F480D03DBB" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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<emphasis id="F3B4C33E5D3258E04966A55E51D6E26E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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Cranial anatomy of
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<taxonomicName id="A9260B3D9D63ACCF8314C1B2D9051867" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
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<emphasis id="A0202E13706A31B8B5CC07D02582ADB0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="986B8164653E3467AF346B86762BC387" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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Lateral (above), dorsal (below, left), and ventral (below, right) views of the skull and labial view of the mandible (middle) of the holotype of
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<taxonomicName id="779AAA5CDBDE8A45A6BAE3DCB5DFE04D" lsidName="C. uco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="uco">
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<emphasis id="C0CC886459B413EA3BFCE891524729AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. uco</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="478A9B7664942B5BA05AA6540CC365CC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(CMI 7712). Scale = 5 mm.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="9E4D3FEB509A7A05C39BE123D2F70C97" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="type locality">
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<paragraph id="880C38E637C05F60FD0020290D6E1EA1" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1D8F47FB2DBFDD13DEE88CD5D1198B53" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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Argentina: Mendoza Province,
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<normalizedToken id="6CE6A64228D1EEF01321E63990A914CF" originalValue="Tunuyán">Tunuyan</normalizedToken>
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Department,
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<normalizedToken id="72F1172E205A7B031AABBF4369239009" originalValue="Cajón">Cajon</normalizedToken>
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de Arenales, alongside Ruta Provincial N° 34, 2710 m a.s.l. (
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<geoCoordinate id="1F0DDADC29FEBB913883FE71FF95C260" degrees="33.6213" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-33.6213">33.6213°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="7E442914DDFC22B184C489247F12823D" degrees="69.5112" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-69.5112">69.5112°W</geoCoordinate>
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; Fig.
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<figureCitation id="4805DF9CC7AB7F4964E9B08B3AC7A882" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Map of west-central Argentina depicting the studied samples. Green and red dots correspond to Ctenomys fochi and Ctenomys uco sp. nov., respectively. Numbers indicate the following localities: 1 Finca Zorro Pozo (Santiago del Estero); 2 Chumbicha (Catamarca); 3 El Chepical (San Juan); 4 Estancia La Providencia (Cordoba); 5 Finca Caicayen II (Mendoza); 6 Cajon de Arenales (Mendoza)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998055" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">1</figureCitation>
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: locality 6).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="77A0FF7CA6463595A66DA0AD94224ACC" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="description">
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<paragraph id="943298462EB6A372E311C1ABBC92A46B" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Measurements of the holotype (in mm).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="046EB09398996A669C9ADBCC480B34BA" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">TOTL, 226; TAIL, 70; HFL, 31; EAR, 6.5; TLS, 39.66; CIL, 37.71; NL, 15.58; NW, 5.66; FL, 11.31; RW, 8.91; ZB, 22.26; IOB, 7.44; BB, 15.65; BIB, 23.90; IFH, 8.02; DL, 10.21; PL, 16.89; UIW, 6.06; TRL, 8.71. Weight, 110 g.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="EA19D4E0756F8B934919AFBFFD6E5B46" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="paratype">
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<paragraph id="7FD7616DC7B480F8F0048FE4E3E9CB85" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Paratype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C8964ED2C06DAFC09AC088355F93264B" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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An adult male (CMI 7739), including skin, skeleton, and tissues, collected 28 April 2023 by Raquel Alvarado-Larios, Pablo Cuello, Agustina Ojeda, Andrea P. Tarquino-Carbonell, and Paula Cornejo (original field number RCAL 92). An 801 base-pair sequence of the cyt
|
||
<emphasis id="40423BFE272BB4625166724C5F492D7F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">b</emphasis>
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||
gene has been deposited in GenBank with accession number (OR669673).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C1C73FC72EC88ABDE4E0D61E00475BD3" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="description">
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<paragraph id="A2798335BF5BFD7E17A62363760D6763" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Measurements of the paratype (in mm).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1771C52A0C2F1976CEB9A2D477835B8F" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">TOTL, 215; TAIL, 64; HFL, 31; EAR, 8; TLS, 38.16; CIL, 36.36; NL, 14.28; NW, 5.81; FL, 11.05; RW, 8.94; ZB, 22.77; IOB, 7.98; BB, 16.35; BIB, 23.86; IFH, 7.65; DL, 10.03; PL, 16.11; UIW, 6.00; TRL, 8.40. Weight, 109 g.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="5573AF2CA2B29AADD4A17998EC6A8376" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="other examined specimens">
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<paragraph id="806B524DFDA86A5260893CA3188A53D2" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Other examined specimens.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6B9F3A920E224DEA03C6DCE20C45E03A" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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Three adult males (CMI 7735 [original field number RCAL 87], CMI 7737 [RCAL 89], CMI 7738 [RCAL 90]) and one adult female (CMI 7736 [RCAL 88]), including skin, skeleton, and tissues, collected 26 April 2023 by Raquel Alvarado-Larios, Pablo Cuello, Agustina Ojeda, Andrea P. Tarquino-Carbonell, and Paula Cornejo at the Finca
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<normalizedToken id="309C4D7F235C6BC7F597959A454F482C" originalValue="Caicayén">Caicayen</normalizedToken>
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II (
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<geoCoordinate id="1B180AFF31E11E5B1F88F61FD368413A" degrees="33.3925" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-33.3925">33.3925°S</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="CEE230E46781B9F505E698A010AD9345" degrees="69.2007" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-69.2007">69.2007°W</geoCoordinate>
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; Tupungato Department, Mendoza Province).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="9ABAD642C5B48E3CCB6CB7B57CFFDBB6" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="F8AEFAA11E8DD5E9A643E2D41EF1479E" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5322F812FE43296B09F74260D6982053" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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We named this species in reference to the region where the type locality lays, the Valle de Uco (Uco Valley), which includes the Tupungato,
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<normalizedToken id="1A859E886C120BC4415ABE8CEC4BFA5E" originalValue="Tunuyán">Tunuyan</normalizedToken>
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, and San Carlos Departments in Mendoza Province, central western Argentina; this valley is well known for its fine wines.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="6204DF6C325D500BE8875777F8B0FBA0" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="morphological diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="97AFF9D96551131D27B42DE8913E204C" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Morphological diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4CB97A71E7022880017830A57C54033A" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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A small-sized tuco-tuco of the
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<taxonomicName id="DBDB5DC469C3427A1F406721530940F2" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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<emphasis id="BF123D9E18115E336683F35232408CAD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species group (TOTL, 215-263 mm; TAIL, 64-79 mm; HFL, 31-36 mm: EAR, 6-8 mm; Weight, 109-138 g); dorsum Drab to Dusky Drab, which turns lighter on flanks; venter Light Brownish Drab to Light Drab, with line separating from dorsum scarcely defined; a patch above nose and forehead, blackish. Skull moderately robust, with rostrum and nasals proportionally long and narrow; premaxillary-frontal suture evident anterior to the naso-frontal suture; interorbital region with posteriorly divergent outer margins. Zygomatic arches thin, slightly divergent backwards in dorsal view; dorsal profile of cranium with a marked ventral inflection in the parietal-occipital region; incisive foramina short and narrow, recessed in a common fossa of posteriorly divergent outer borders; interpremaxillary foramen small or nearly absent; sphenopalatine vacuities nearly tear-shaped; auditory bullae moderately inflated and nearly oval, with salient auditory tubes.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="272221FE1FB92912E4F89ACA8189FC2D" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="description">
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<paragraph id="EACAF95AD42DCA25F4B1D3FF2FCC72AE" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Morphological description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3DED2271B4560416C9CE42E0BFFB50CB" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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Pelage dense, fine, and silky, about 12-15 mm long over back and rump (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="3A74AF70082D76B7BEF1A3B44AEB1928" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External appearance of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. A CMI 7712 (holotype), from Cajon de Arenales, Tunuyan, Mendoza, Argentina; B CMI 7737, from Finca Caicayen II, Tupungato, Mendoza, Argentina." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998058" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">4</figureCitation>
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); dorsum Drab to Dusky Drab, which turns lighter on flanks; individual hairs Dark Neutral Gray to Olive Gray, except for distal tips, which are lighter and brownish. A patch above nose and forehead are blackish. Sides of head and flanks with marked agouti effect. Color of ventral pelage Light Brownish Drab to Light Drab, with line separating from dorsum weakly defined; individual hairs dark gray basally, with distal tips whitish to cream. Chin, throat, part of chest and inguinal area darker. Fur of fore- and hindlimbs colored like dorsum, except for internal sides which are lighter. Specimens from Tupungato are lighter and brownish, with sides of nose tinged with Cinnamon, while those from
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<normalizedToken id="5CFEF9B2A6FEC2770E8FC50F09CE4919" originalValue="Tunuyán">Tunuyan</normalizedToken>
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are much darker overall (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="D920616A1C05621039BF3EA59CB9D3E2" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. External appearance of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. A CMI 7712 (holotype), from Cajon de Arenales, Tunuyan, Mendoza, Argentina; B CMI 7737, from Finca Caicayen II, Tupungato, Mendoza, Argentina." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998058" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">4</figureCitation>
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). Mystacial vibrissae surpassing dorsal edge of pinnae when laid back alongside head; superciliary vibrissae sparse, extending to base of pinnae when laid back alongside head. Ears sparsely covered with short, blackish hairs. Manus covered by short blackish hairs, except on sides where they are whitish. Frontal claws, long (ca. 10 mm in third digit) and are sparsely covered by ungual tufts. Pes broad and dorsally covered by blackish hairs; all digits with ungual tufts of whitish stiff bristles, and strong claws. Tail short (ca. 43% of head and body length), darker above than below and sparsely covered by short hairs.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2B632CCBE257BB3F72E5AAD3447DAC97" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
Skull moderately robust with rostrum proportionally long and narrow, interorbital region with posteriorly divergent outer margins, and zygomatic arches thin and slightly divergent posteriad in dorsal view (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="EA2DBD42733F06A6A9156E65EB795D1D" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Cranial anatomy of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. Lateral (above), dorsal (below, left), and ventral (below, right) views of the skull and labial view of the mandible (middle) of the holotype of C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998059" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">5</figureCitation>
|
||
). Nasals slightly bowed, comparatively long, and narrow, with nearly straight lateral margins; their anterior tips are in-line to level of anterior end of upper diastema. Premaxillo-frontal suture placed slightly anterior to the naso-frontal suture. Supraorbital ridges well defined, without defined postorbital processes on frontals. Interparietal small and nearly triangular in outline. Temporal ridges not developed. Lambdoid crest weakly developed. Rostral masseteric fossa dorsal to alveolar sheath of the I1, deep and ending in curved crest at level with premaxillary-maxillary suture. The bottom of alveolar sheaths of upper incisors visible laterally located at level of DP4. Zygomatic arch broad, with well-developed and pointed postorbital processes of jugal and a slightly expressed jugal ventral process; jugal dorsal fossa well excavated; and jugal longitudinal crest well defined. Dorsal profile of cranium with marked inflection ventrad in parietal-occipital region. Incisive foramina short, narrow, recessed in a common fossa of divergent outer borders posteriad; interpremaxillary foramen small, nearly absent. Palatal bridge with two major palatine foramina at about level of M1. Mesopterygoid fossa
|
||
<normalizedToken id="8CC430C321007A4B0CF24072A5B08793" originalValue="“V”">"V"</normalizedToken>
|
||
-shaped, reaching anterad to middle portion of M2; bony roof of mesopterygoid fossa with two moderate nearly tear-shaped sphenopalatine vacuities. Alisphenoid-basisphenoid bridge thin. Buccinator-masticatory foramen mediumsized, undivided. Paraoccipital processes well developed and axe-shaped. Auditory bullae moderately inflated, nearly oval, with salient auditory tubes (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="53B6D10E61DCF77626008A50EE2D0CA3" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Cranial anatomy of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. Lateral (above), dorsal (below, left), and ventral (below, right) views of the skull and labial view of the mandible (middle) of the holotype of C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998059" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">5</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="DE647B0FE61BFE088CAA6BB05BEBC837" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
Mandible robust, markedly hystricognathous, with coronoid process long and pointed; condyloid process robust, bearing a poorly developed articulation flange. Postcondyloid process with small ventrolateral apophysis. Chin process small and moderately visible in lateral view; bottom of alveolar sheath of p4 weakly protruding (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="1B483A1767B4FF7FC09E4FE4B3D69EE9" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Cranial anatomy of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. Lateral (above), dorsal (below, left), and ventral (below, right) views of the skull and labial view of the mandible (middle) of the holotype of C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998059" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">5</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3EEB5B4A0D4C6AA955E5E3D6F065B909" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
Upper incisors large, robust, and orthodont to slightly ophistodont; frontal enamel surface Orange. Maxillary tooth rows slightly divergent posteriad. M3 reduced, with posterolingual face flat with an anterior protruding lobe (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="2B494C989111BF27E1C2CA1DB4CA7735" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Cranial anatomy of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. Lateral (above), dorsal (below, left), and ventral (below, right) views of the skull and labial view of the mandible (middle) of the holotype of C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998059" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">5</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="82405B9EC2416540B487BED3B9F5C332" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="karyotype">
|
||
<paragraph id="3BDDDC69C96E65F47D264366EAEE41CF" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Karyotype.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="7835DAFB7B6B2C27173217ABFAD60248" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
One female from
|
||
<normalizedToken id="47CC0C30B33DF9734F6A7EADA514B979" originalValue="“Tupungato”">"Tupungato"</normalizedToken>
|
||
has a 2n = 47, FN = 68 (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C8C2498BC545F9094C8348FEA0C49CDF" author="Massarini, AI" journalOrPublisher="Genetica" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="131 - 144" refId="B23" refString="Massarini, AI, Barros, MA, Ortells, MO, Reig, OA, 1991. Chromosomal polymorphism and small karyotype differentiation in a group of Ctenomys species from Central Argentina (Rodentia: Octodontidae). Genetica 83: 131 - 144" title="Chromosomal polymorphism and small karyotype differentiation in a group of Ctenomys species from Central Argentina (Rodentia: Octodontidae)." volume="83" year="1991">Massarini et al. 1991</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="F97714CF81A11F06A3B54B3F10496FAC" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="morphological and genetic comparisons">
|
||
<paragraph id="75F6A6E1D66A67E16D2362E7B757CDDE" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Morphological and genetic comparisons.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="C39D287A8FB043D82026A296C4D182E2" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AAAB21F2AD07524485B15D94EBD7E98A" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="2D623F9DCB0B80DCC2B6E1C67D080027" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="094909095194473B3943111FB9127217" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
can be differentiated from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FC732C4BED72C65BF8C862583CA17BB7" lsidName="C. coludo" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="coludo">
|
||
<emphasis id="97D1B97438A59B240DAC1C0CFAF112FC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. coludo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its less inflated and proportionally smaller tympanic bullae, and its proportionally larger rostrum and narrower nasals. In addition,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2F0110627BFDBA2059E5F2D85848D305" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="68A0AB6D40D5B59E761B83A494280EAF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="96094D254FDB7D1CB148424B56335F0E" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
has large and wide incisive foramina, while in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CC68107149D535490B74A059E1682B25" lsidName="C. coludo" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="coludo">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5CDE77F0DD1B4840A05FE4D8A11527A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. coludo</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
these openings are short and wide.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9956B16245948999BBE3213898FC72E1" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C359B92CC715D017873465135BDDFF53" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="4DBC94CA9FB59C71E6C0D1BD6F9B9CD8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="3DAE876124759485D7353271E15BDB5F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="71B431FC323E8EDDE7C9C334D81C9C15" lsidName="C. fochi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="fochi">
|
||
<emphasis id="37728B2AC05748F7A9AD41A81B1089FD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. fochi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Figs
|
||
<figureCitation id="BCAD08F4CED863BD4B8FC0A8F0326EC1" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Cranial anatomy in four species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina. Dorsal (A-D) and ventral (E-H) views of the skulls in four species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A, E C. fochi (CFA-MA 12120); B, F C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712); C, G C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D, H C. verzi. Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998060" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">6</figureCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<figureCitation id="4BA85B6EDB149B2B9D9EA7A867562EDA" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Selected traits of the skull anatomy in two species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina. Comparative view of the nasals and rostri: A C. fochi (MACN-Ma 30875), B C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712). Abbreviations are as follows: nf, naso-frontal suture; pf, premaxillo-frontal suture." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998061" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">7</figureCitation>
|
||
) by its less inflated tympanic bullae, larger rostrum, and larger and narrower nasals, in which the naso-frontal suture is placed behind the premaxillo-frontal suture (vs. both sutures at the same level in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="297C6D761EBE1AD19B0752FB2D619F53" lsidName="C. fochi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="fochi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7DE9DE66B3B0DA791C5201A3648EC3AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. fochi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="444AA3A614582D0B614F30309EA6CF71" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Selected traits of the skull anatomy in two species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina. Comparative view of the nasals and rostri: A C. fochi (MACN-Ma 30875), B C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712). Abbreviations are as follows: nf, naso-frontal suture; pf, premaxillo-frontal suture." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998061" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">7</figureCitation>
|
||
). In addition, the nasals of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ED989085BD23AC7D50FE9FB3066E3083" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="EB0D6C13F3A0719A1C1C2EEF1473B300" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="A98A0242CD9485A6DAF122C2846C4A75" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
have straight and nearly parallel outer margins, while in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C541313260D4B8A22EA5972423390DA5" lsidName="C. fochi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="fochi">
|
||
<emphasis id="88117BF86AE3DFBCBB23D76E474E0539" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. fochi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the nasals have a barrel-shapped outline in dorsal view (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="8EA612211FD6F722218741C9CFEDA26F" captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Selected traits of the skull anatomy in two species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina. Comparative view of the nasals and rostri: A C. fochi (MACN-Ma 30875), B C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712). Abbreviations are as follows: nf, naso-frontal suture; pf, premaxillo-frontal suture." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998061" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">7</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="00ABE03D47B9D4BFBC071D11CC04AA7E" doi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998060" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
|
||
<paragraph id="036D970D61DBF31E732A6548BFE0F2E6" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
<emphasis id="5F463E98794805ED01B188847980617F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Figure 6.</emphasis>
|
||
Cranial anatomy in four species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F49D8927F544B0E9ECE531BAABCD41DF" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="89E0660201725DEF45478A076FBA6D2A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from west-central Argentina. Dorsal (A-D) and ventral (E-H) views of the skulls in four species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7D81FE9657E66E74B9D0AE3AC4485EA8" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9A4CECE602607426D4150D9828037C6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from west-central Argentina:
|
||
<emphasis id="D5698A14302C7990ED8C025EB892D4FF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">A</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="E20F45C7D5D8334172FE76306FF401B0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">E</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7B514FEACAD3EAA8A042594D210A62F6" lsidName="C. fochi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="fochi">
|
||
<emphasis id="2AAFF220A8978773D82F452E39F7D55C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. fochi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(CFA-MA 12120);
|
||
<emphasis id="532E6E7439A2D673C361015205916AE1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">B</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="08B3465B18A488F2FEE1CF4DCC27565F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">F</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6D7B16DFFB333F2EDDC86E2CD7AF080E" lsidName="C. uco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="D7349B1E9802D6EA1027FD72964D3DBC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="88B95C7000E2997126FC539297F0B4F6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
(CMI 7712);
|
||
<emphasis id="7F44EB3C6E01B3FEEEA556C289348AE8" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="BA4F5B55ECEB87990EE0F9970494A798" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">G</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="621187A9328D9F2480E36CF33EDABAC8" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="2708208ED0A3DBAA5402F9A441AD51DA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(CMI 2497);
|
||
<emphasis id="6432C1F2AA5934BC0AB94BBA133DE0F5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">D</emphasis>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="29B25B0BA83C76F83E208B64911CB42D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">H</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0562191B0D7AAA164E54C50B65187F58" lsidName="C. verzi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="109E7495C02EB7D72DDFACD9B5B4CF49" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Scale = 5 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="E37F13C0F8F261F86F1249062D25BEB8" doi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998061" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" start="Figure 7" startId="F7">
|
||
<paragraph id="971245448523AE398127386422F925BD" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
<emphasis id="2B64D6C7FFB12769A45BD0837209CECC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Figure 7.</emphasis>
|
||
Selected traits of the skull anatomy in two species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="36F7B59626CE87797A4511262324C275" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="671FD3DA1CEB50EBAC48F340E4B98AD4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from west-central Argentina. Comparative view of the nasals and rostri:
|
||
<emphasis id="1AFD5E6B855D83CBB3F855C968AB1F61" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">A</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="81ABA6AD477BC366F3F310E8C3759731" lsidName="C. fochi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="fochi">
|
||
<emphasis id="1E64B2AA2ACDF790ACD05916897150AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. fochi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(MACN-Ma 30875),
|
||
<emphasis id="FB4A52FD7F78D414C68DF8A2D17E6D3F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">B</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1E27B1BCCA001605F5984A72F22037E6" lsidName="C. uco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="E4D2AE4516874ED7CDC3A4F8E3E6A1BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="2A45FCB63EA241C7392CCACD87913199" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
(CMI 7712). Abbreviations are as follows: nf, naso-frontal suture; pf, premaxillo-frontal suture.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="83533D86D062499AB57BD0DA372668DF" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AF89CE4B96F531E46D9A0EF176CA2DC1" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="1855E5AF012E4BCF4F59748BD319599F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="173F5BBCE5819A6056026FD1995500D2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
can be differentiated from both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F739B3EAC1EC1D610998497765D09D94" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="AF71A7D40DFAEAD958E06A62CACB9717" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="E27D4E9161360BB6B7E8ACBF28E99BE8" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Cranial anatomy in four species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina. Dorsal (A-D) and ventral (E-H) views of the skulls in four species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A, E C. fochi (CFA-MA 12120); B, F C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712); C, G C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D, H C. verzi. Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998060" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">6</figureCitation>
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) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5C22A46EE33B21CB4A6CEEB767EC7572" lsidName="C. tulduco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="tulduco">
|
||
<emphasis id="AD04CEDB396BE2994EB3E60D079AAB0C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. tulduco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its smaller and less globose tympanic bullae. Additionally, the tympanic bullae are scarcely visible from above in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9C5EE9042B4F96B79CE44F7C135D7CCE" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="48957C159E1C57A696BA603E0ACA6F05" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="2307F2A9742BEEB6A3B64B4F02C836AF" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
, while they are visible in the dorsal view in both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="86165E2F212239B066E37A97977D15FF" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="78F460156DCFEFCEF9BC698F2A4EDDE1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="E41B039AC8A41A7A8791F3A70BC93F1B" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Cranial anatomy in four species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina. Dorsal (A-D) and ventral (E-H) views of the skulls in four species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A, E C. fochi (CFA-MA 12120); B, F C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712); C, G C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D, H C. verzi. Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998060" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">6</figureCitation>
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) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0F0D979538C42BDE5AC21877C6DFAD19" lsidName="C. tulduco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="tulduco">
|
||
<emphasis id="A6C19C4579A9F27E23F43C0E2920181A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. tulduco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="372F72924B233BB5A6B20B500E1DEE6F" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="AEC4363970E224B5B63732C2131DD5B7" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="3AB255FFC51AB251468CFE31173313B9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="E8AA4403E5DCA9B869934A9FDA20BAB3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ED06883C371D8546241363A62CC1D4DA" lsidName="C. verzi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="5FCA9394E86AE7305914CA10DD595721" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its less robust appearance, narrower nasals and rostrum, and by the presence of an interparietal bone. In addition,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A7E91278F111D8C15B2F9AF8BF1F91A3" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="847913440664CADDEB6DF42E7C3E8C5B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B7705F143D14BAECC051EA431C679827" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
has orthodont to slightly ophistodont upper incisors, while those of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="49931EC2D2F393980BB7368EFAEC9719" lsidName="C. verzi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="4F2B36AB86D798FAC7CC1721C1081F43" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are more proodont (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="3E4A1B471B10A80F9EC3EF26AC4A9D99" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Cranial anatomy in four species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina. Dorsal (A-D) and ventral (E-H) views of the skulls in four species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A, E C. fochi (CFA-MA 12120); B, F C. uco sp. nov. (CMI 7712); C, G C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D, H C. verzi. Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998060" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">6</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="39C99BEB78A045CD4F930A6A6CE90661" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
Pairwise genetic distances with other species of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2F688ECED6FA9FD8D7C24B4384E7F383" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys mendocinus" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="A46F4BCDFC1B83B9D164EB8159B2F042" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group range from 1.85 to 3.76 % (Table
|
||
<tableCitation id="0AED457037960AD03E8E93FA1D9644E6" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Percentage of average genetic variation (p distances), based on cytochrome b sequence data, observed within and between pairs of species and lineages of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/AE67D11615FBD9FB8C561BAF489D8DDF" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" tableUuid="AE67D11615FBD9FB8C561BAF489D8DDF">1</tableCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="4E3B8CF4EAD5A047297252D4718AD6D6" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="8FC2B571DA5EAA28B85B447515630339" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="38112DB82D7D7E80455C118618DC4A2E" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ABDA90C49A35A170C31521FADDCCB4B0" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="4F211666C475C69D584BC73B4DA9BDF7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B1F7A73275260AE3A21FF836C7E1C35D" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
is known from only two localities, including its terra typica (see above) and Finca
|
||
<normalizedToken id="0430F777490441D9933845017395C2B6" originalValue="Caicayén">Caicayen</normalizedToken>
|
||
II, near the small village of Sarmiento (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="6E67A4113E1F1FFE8BF800A7616D3A64" degrees="33.3925" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="5" value="-33.3925">33.3925°S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="0AA4EE394F739DBB1517E433B3F13CDA" degrees="69.2007" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="-69.2007">69.2007°W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
; Tupungato Department, Mendoza Province) (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="A4AFF53A2A16D991494A376EAE0BBF52" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Map of west-central Argentina depicting the studied samples. Green and red dots correspond to Ctenomys fochi and Ctenomys uco sp. nov., respectively. Numbers indicate the following localities: 1 Finca Zorro Pozo (Santiago del Estero); 2 Chumbicha (Catamarca); 3 El Chepical (San Juan); 4 Estancia La Providencia (Cordoba); 5 Finca Caicayen II (Mendoza); 6 Cajon de Arenales (Mendoza)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998055" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">1</figureCitation>
|
||
). Both localities are separated by ca. 39 km. Two other specimens reported in the literature were referred as from
|
||
<normalizedToken id="5755C8E26248B5598595D4D19D16C040" originalValue="“Tupungato”">"Tupungato"</normalizedToken>
|
||
(see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="52258F7C4788FA944574D0D3CB73590B" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003959" author="Slamovits, CH" journalOrPublisher="Molecular Biology and Evolution" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="1708 - 1719" refId="B37" refString="Slamovits, CH, Cook, JA, Lessa, EP, Rossi, MS, 2001. Recurrent amplifications and deletions of satellite DNA accompanied chromosomal diversification in South American tuco-tucos (genus Ctenomys, Rodentia: Octodontidae): A phylogenetic approach. Molecular Biology and Evolution 18: 1708 - 1719, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003959" title="Recurrent amplifications and deletions of satellite DNA accompanied chromosomal diversification in South American tuco-tucos (genus Ctenomys, Rodentia: Octodontidae): A phylogenetic approach." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003959" volume="18" year="2001">Slamovits et al. 2001</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="F04F3FA50322DD845F905A2F8B2059F1" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-121.1" author="Parada, A" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="671 - 682" refId="B26" refString="Parada, A, D'Elia, G, Bidau, CJ, Lessa, EP, 2011. Species groups and the evolutionary diversification of tuco-tucos, genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 92: 671 - 682, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-121.1" title="Species groups and the evolutionary diversification of tuco-tucos, genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-121.1" volume="92" year="2011">Parada et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
|
||
), a reference that could apply both to the town (
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="13A2161D3431A69F522EFF042400FF0C" degrees="33.37" direction="south" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="-33.37">33.37°S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="35786ABA1085FAC6EF6EECBB07A6200D" degrees="69.14" direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="-69.14">69.14°W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
) or the department of the same name; due to this uncertainty, we do not map these specimens.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="09B02315D82689EBDF7FF21D752756B5" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="natural history">
|
||
<paragraph id="56F0B9640E0145D503F9B0EEA7424414" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Natural history.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="D0B1C7AB20F06D5B0AEF2427A75AEDFB" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
Mostly unknown. Field work indicates the species has solitary habits. The two known localities for this species are placed between 1000-2710 m a.s.l. The landscape in this area corresponds to an ecotone between the Low Monte and the Southern Andean Steppe (sensu Olsen et al. 2001), characterized by a mosaic of grasslands, shrublands, and vineyards (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="CF8E8A4AE481488CCB474AA9019B9D4F" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Views of the landscapes at the two known localities of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. A Mendoza, Tunuyan, Cajon de Arenales (type locality), B Mendoza, Tupungato, vineyards of Finca Caicayen II (note the burrows at the lower right corner on this photograph)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998062" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">8A, B</figureCitation>
|
||
). Dominant plants at
|
||
<normalizedToken id="53CC871F03604D09DB6375DAD313E81F" originalValue="Cajón">Cajon</normalizedToken>
|
||
de Arenales correspond to grasses and shrubs of the genera
|
||
<taxonomicName id="271A58EE9C9C192239DE0BCFF0A2BDE4" class="Monocotyledoneae" family="Poaceae" genus="Stipa" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Stipa" order="Graminales" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Angiospermae" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="E52CD38EA40881E72A21A47355BF901F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Stipa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F70019A4344E839E58B391E2D34EA491" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Adesmia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Adesmia" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="88A37D76CC97989E5B13DBD4454A4997" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Adesmia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="712D94E2617B09FFD105193224884785" authorityName="Persoon" authorityYear="1805" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apiaceae" genus="Mulinum" higherTaxonomySource="IPNI" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Mulinum" order="Apiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="DB1DA658BE77C90B26B9DE48AFA9668E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Mulinum</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4BBBAA6E6099531D393683DCA02B0D17" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Nassauvia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nassauvia" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="1745BD56F2169F8735E4033AB58004BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Nassauvia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6C469C341619804A4A30AF400C6B60F9" class="Equisetopsida" family="Zygophyllaceae" genus="Larrea" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,IPNI" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Larrea" order="Zygophyllales" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="AFB5BB96650D1ED3F52FC880B0BF8404" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Larrea</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ED709E5058F064CBAF936CF984FF4B6A" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Chuquiraga" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Chuquiraga" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="6BA42EF34FD6DC54CCA23DF035EA71A3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Chuquiraga</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="88E5C2EE24C967D5F80070F136B703ED" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Views of the landscapes at the two known localities of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. A Mendoza, Tunuyan, Cajon de Arenales (type locality), B Mendoza, Tupungato, vineyards of Finca Caicayen II (note the burrows at the lower right corner on this photograph)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998062" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">8A</figureCitation>
|
||
). Populations at Finca
|
||
<normalizedToken id="389716911915AB432EA9023B92A31C2D" originalValue="Caicayén">Caicayen</normalizedToken>
|
||
II mostly live in anthropogenic plantations of grape-bearing vines, digging their burrows at the foot of these plants (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="0E0F2F1406A18A23011F6720F8DEA50D" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figure 8. Views of the landscapes at the two known localities of Ctenomys uco sp. nov. A Mendoza, Tunuyan, Cajon de Arenales (type locality), B Mendoza, Tupungato, vineyards of Finca Caicayen II (note the burrows at the lower right corner on this photograph)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998062" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">8B</figureCitation>
|
||
). This region presented a mean annual temperature between 10°C and 15°C and a mean annual precipitation of 300 mm concentrated in winter months (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="549A07F396112D201E7E0BF51933CD94" author="Norte, F" journalOrPublisher="Genetica" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" publicationUrl="https://www.mendoza-conicet.gob.ar/ladyot/catalogo/cdandes/start.htm" refId="B24" refString="Norte, F, 2000. Mapa climatico de Mendoza. In: Abraham EM, Martinez Rodriguez F (Eds) Recursos y Problemas Ambientales de la Zona Arida I y II, Caracterizacion Ambiental y Mapa basico, Mendoza, 25-27 https://www.mendoza-conicet.gob.ar/ladyot/catalogo/cdandes/start.htm" title="Mapa climatico de Mendoza. In: Abraham EM, Martinez Rodriguez F (Eds) Recursos y Problemas Ambientales de la Zona Arida I y II, Caracterizacion Ambiental y Mapa basico, Mendoza, 25 - 27" url="https://www.mendoza-conicet.gob.ar/ladyot/catalogo/cdandes/start.htm" year="2000">Norte 2000</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Valle de Uco is characterized for its temperate climate with harsh winters, hot summers with cool nights, and its closeness to the Andes.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="54B423AEFACBE086745F3977C0289EAA" doi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure8" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998062" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" start="Figure 8" startId="F8">
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||
<paragraph id="D71FC4CEDDA5886C8C2475CA8ABBEC64" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
|
||
<emphasis id="CFCC3D81E865CA2CD28F0C7A70CCCF04" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Figure 8.</emphasis>
|
||
Views of the landscapes at the two known localities of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C676F56E5299CC0C6DD85C3121CFF94F" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
|
||
<emphasis id="0C5B171A6356C15005D2D7C80D0882C3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="7C1572C84AA3C892094A487EAB192894" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov. A</emphasis>
|
||
Mendoza,
|
||
<normalizedToken id="90D26757764631AC7E0453EB6277904D" originalValue="Tunuyán">Tunuyan</normalizedToken>
|
||
,
|
||
<normalizedToken id="0ED91455369A8D73DA51FE986A918206" originalValue="Cajón">Cajon</normalizedToken>
|
||
de Arenales (type locality),
|
||
<emphasis id="A5998CD58E6569FBE0CF419F204B7AA1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">B</emphasis>
|
||
Mendoza, Tupungato, vineyards of Finca
|
||
<normalizedToken id="E27A62C9800A5D7D4729740BF98104CF" originalValue="Caicayén">Caicayen</normalizedToken>
|
||
II (note the burrows at the lower right corner on this photograph).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="3041E4838F5F44E366A421B1831F3564" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="conservation">
|
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<paragraph id="24F2868E84271F58F8BA821C5D0FAE03" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Conservation.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B19CB9AAF75AD13203C4F5C2ED944705" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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<taxonomicName id="23724F09949722C0BA61EC7AEE6A49D6" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
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<emphasis id="BCBEC4B8600E99691306B0CD1758F5BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="E2B13DDE70E415D11DB10542B2A32294" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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apparently has a small geographic range (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="DCC3FA6221BECA1BE13820F38CFD86F9" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Map of west-central Argentina depicting the studied samples. Green and red dots correspond to Ctenomys fochi and Ctenomys uco sp. nov., respectively. Numbers indicate the following localities: 1 Finca Zorro Pozo (Santiago del Estero); 2 Chumbicha (Catamarca); 3 El Chepical (San Juan); 4 Estancia La Providencia (Cordoba); 5 Finca Caicayen II (Mendoza); 6 Cajon de Arenales (Mendoza)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.74.e115242.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/998055" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">1</figureCitation>
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), which has a direct influence on its conservation status (
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<bibRefCitation id="9718E25D148B1C1B28C54B148BA29F46" author="Bidau, CJ" editor="Ojeda, RA" journalOrPublisher="Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamiferos, Mendoza" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="177 - 187" refId="B1" refString="Bidau, CJ, Lessa, EP, Ojeda, RA, 2012. Familia Ctenomyidae. In: Ojeda, RA, Chillo, V, Diaz Isenrath, G, Eds., Libro Rojo: Mamiferos amenazados de la Argentina. Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamiferos, Mendoza: 177 - 187" title="Familia Ctenomyidae." volumeTitle="Libro Rojo: Mamiferos amenazados de la Argentina." year="2012">Bidau et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="D1BD70EF8C1B4E4D5FFD49522125C24F" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" author="Caraballo, DA" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="466 - 478" refId="B7" refString="Caraballo, DA, Lopez, SL, Botero-Canola, S, Gardner, SL, 2023. Filling the gap in distribution ranges and conservation status in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 104: 466 - 478, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" title="Filling the gap in distribution ranges and conservation status in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" volume="104" year="2023">Caraballo et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
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). Even so, most species of tuco-tucos with restricted geographical distributions are traditionally viewed as Data Deficient (DD; see SAREM-MAyDS 2019; but see
|
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<bibRefCitation id="7946E8AB4341E39816CD127CA1401FFE" author="Teta, P" editor="DellaSala, DA" journalOrPublisher="Elsevier, Amsterdam" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="519 - 528" refId="B44" refString="Teta, P, Quiroga-Carmona, M, D'Elia, G, 2021. Imperiled or not? Characterizing the non-charismatic and data deficient South American rodents. In: DellaSala, DA, Goldstein, MI, Eds., Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation. Elsevier, Amsterdam: 519 - 528" title="Imperiled or not? Characterizing the non-charismatic and data deficient South American rodents." volumeTitle="Imperiled: The Encyclopedia of Conservation." year="2021">Teta et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="32CA29A68F7F06B15083A68D41469443" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" author="Caraballo, DA" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="466 - 478" refId="B7" refString="Caraballo, DA, Lopez, SL, Botero-Canola, S, Gardner, SL, 2023. Filling the gap in distribution ranges and conservation status in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy 104: 466 - 478, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" title="Filling the gap in distribution ranges and conservation status in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae)." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" volume="104" year="2023">Caraballo et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
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). Similarly, given our lack of knowledge on
|
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<taxonomicName id="BDEFD4B302F91CF68B26BC5A3C2015AE" lsidName="C. uco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="uco">
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<emphasis id="14A5E3AE5F21418DD1942C7679D5BD6B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. uco</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="6532ACAFDBABE868324C07D692CA5CF4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, a DD categorization seems to best fit the available evidence. However, considering that
|
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<taxonomicName id="887A711BAAC25FFC5CA2730DEA094645" lsidName="C. uco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="uco">
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<emphasis id="C682640278EF2713E5CEE43FA7947BAC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. uco</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="D9678049257BC9A24F6D928D9C0569B0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
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is only known from two localities, one of them laying in an area strongly affected by the wine industry, to consider it as endangered or vulnerable seems to be more realistic. Additional field work is needed to better delineate the species distribution. Notwithstanding, it is possible that
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<taxonomicName id="E814EF18C94D4728A26D389E4A6AF89A" lsidName="C. uco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="uco">
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<emphasis id="29ECA072F4AA13541160BBB5414E8AF6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. uco</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="ED8A50EBA6237DB87EC08115E6D84351" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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is present within some protected areas, including Reserva Natural Manzano- Portillo Piquenes and/or Reserva
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<normalizedToken id="05CC393F533BAF4812F88C8065545372" originalValue="Paisajística">Paisajistica</normalizedToken>
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y Natural Manzano
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<normalizedToken id="00B4F3D558F810A2F3CF6F9C9892EC4C" originalValue="Histórico">Historico</normalizedToken>
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; as said, additional field work is needed.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="1921E5201E38B99A9D7C5B7CCE0A3A1A" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" type="final remarks">
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<paragraph id="7C45A734561F947F908EF3661370F998" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Final remarks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E628E5D68983A164E4207A0DEF65F16F" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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Taxonomic work with
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<taxonomicName id="40A72ED4A576E5D76AFBC88E2B1448C1" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="BA00E812A722B419E53770FC2AF9AEB7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is far from complete. Ongoing studies suggest that some nominal forms will likely fall into synonymy with others, while there are still many candidate species whose distinction needs to be tested (e.g., the
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<normalizedToken id="EF31F33D6147DD92063505EC85F5FB67" originalValue="“Quijadas”">"Quijadas"</normalizedToken>
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lineage; see
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<bibRefCitation id="14B79E34DABD0FF560CED39420B7B0F3" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.08.002" author="Mapelli, FJ" journalOrPublisher="Mammalian Biology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="130 - 142" refId="B21" refString="Mapelli, FJ, Mora, MS, Lancia, JP, Gomez Fernandez, MJ, Mirol, PM, Kittlein, MJ, 2017. Evolution and phylogenetic relationships in subterranean rodents of the Ctenomys mendocinus species complex: Effects of Late Quaternary landscape changes of Central Argentina. Mammalian Biology 87: 130 - 142, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.08.002" title="Evolution and phylogenetic relationships in subterranean rodents of the Ctenomys mendocinus species complex: Effects of Late Quaternary landscape changes of Central Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2017.08.002" volume="87" year="2017">Mapelli et al. 2017</bibRefCitation>
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;
|
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<bibRefCitation id="20AC1F4B6E3228F0706D3D2B63B3B5B8" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" author="Teta, P" journalOrPublisher="Vertebrate Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="451 - 474" refId="B45" refString="Teta, P, Jayat, JP, Alvarado-Larios, R, Ojeda, AA, Cuello, P, D'Elia, G, 2023. An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 451 - 474, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" title="An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" volume="73" year="2023">Teta et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
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), while additional field work would likely reveal additional undescribed species (e.g., Mapelli et al. 2022). There are only two other groups of Neotropical mammals undergoing a similar scenario, in which more than 8-10 species have been described in the last decade. These are species in the bat genus
|
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<taxonomicName id="47AE61D69C1D599FE6B130BF53467FA9" authorityName="Kaup" authorityYear="1829" class="Mammalia" family="Vespertilionidae" genus="Myotis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Myotis" order="Chiroptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="01A1638A8FB79886457FE5B958E61F0D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Myotis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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(see
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<bibRefCitation id="C116C75E3E3943D11FD5CD82049C2152" DOI="https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-23-5058" author="Novaes, M RL" journalOrPublisher="Therya" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="313 - 317" refId="B25" refString="Novaes, M RL, Claudio, VC, Moratelli, R, 2023. The (integrative) taxonomy driving conservation of cryptic species: An example of Neotropical Myotis. Therya 14: 313 - 317, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-23-5058" title="The (integrative) taxonomy driving conservation of cryptic species: An example of Neotropical Myotis." url="https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-23-5058" volume="14" year="2023">Novaes et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
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and the references therein) and the sigmodontine rodents of the genus
|
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<taxonomicName id="946436FAE60C41B67CB036829B6C0D24" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1900" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neacomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="6A37D7E62DDBC99A142E59115557727C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Neacomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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(see
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<bibRefCitation id="4D5A18FE6D3ACE0A6036CF294FC1F726" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1175.106113" author="Tinoco, N" journalOrPublisher="ZooKeys" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="187 - 221" refId="B48" refString="Tinoco, N, Koch, C, Colmenares-Pinzon, JE, Castellanos, FX, Brito, J, 2023. New species of the spiny mouse genus Neacomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from northwestern Ecuador. ZooKeys 1175: 187 - 221, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1175.106113" title="New species of the spiny mouse genus Neacomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from northwestern Ecuador." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1175.106113" volume="1175" year="2023">Tinoco et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
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and the references therein). Much of the recently discovered diversity in these two later genera is mostly cryptic and somewhat unexpected (for example, nobody would have predicted that the species richness of
|
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<taxonomicName id="F5E78A36E933CE1F2CF105CF2EDE82D8" authorityName="Thomas" authorityYear="1900" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Neacomys" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Neacomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="546DB5A28DF7422BE49493444FD19D09" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Neacomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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would increase from six recognized species by 2015 to the currently 23 recognized species; Weksler and Bonvicino 2015; Mammal Diversity Web 2023). Meanwhile, the case of
|
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<taxonomicName id="07D5C05AC1583755B574D7060D79CBA2" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="AFA112563414B43AD64420BB1F887AB5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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is distinct as its taxonomy has been largely considered as chaotic and unstable (Sage 1986;
|
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<bibRefCitation id="A094538E2534E6F313E3FC97A45B653F" DOI="http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61679-3" author="D'Elia, G" editor="Freitas, TRO" journalOrPublisher="Springer, Cham" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="17 - 41" refId="B12" refString="D'Elia, G, Teta, P, Lessa, EP, 2021. A short overview of the Systematics of Ctenomys: species limits and phylogenetic relationships. In: Freitas, TRO, Goncalvez, GL, Maestri, R, Eds., Tuco-tucos: An Evolutionary Approach to the Diversity of a Neotropical Rodent. Springer, Cham: 17 - 41, DOI: http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61679-3" title="A short overview of the Systematics of Ctenomys: species limits and phylogenetic relationships." url="http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61679-3" volumeTitle="Tuco-tucos: An Evolutionary Approach to the Diversity of a Neotropical Rodent." year="2021">
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et al. 2021
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), with several parts of the extensive adaptive diversification far from been resolved in terms of species boundaries (e.g., the so-called Corrientes and Boliviensis groups). Fortunately, the use of integrative approaches, together with a renewed interest in the exploration of the mammal faunas of little-known and understudied geographic areas in the southern Neotropics, have begun to reveal even more hidden diversity in species of
|
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<taxonomicName id="9C4447574B805A0B12993D78064FF1A9" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="D090619287469CEEDA2E9B6E498F539A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
(e.g.,
|
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<bibRefCitation id="53E5199E3E15E600269597AAF609DEB2" author="Gardner, SL" journalOrPublisher="Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="1 - 34" refId="B16" refString="Gardner, SL, Salazar-Bravo, J, Cook, JA, 2014. New species of Ctenomys Blainville 1826 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from the lowlands and central valleys of Bolivia. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 62: 1 - 34" title="New species of Ctenomys Blainville 1826 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from the lowlands and central valleys of Bolivia." volume="62" year="2014">Gardner et al. 2014</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="7EB95C6978B4D4352434B93E1A9158C4" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab089" author="Tammone, MN" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="1405 - 1425" refId="B40" refString="Tammone, MN, Lacey, EA, Voglino, D, Cuellar-Soto, E, Pardinas, UFJ, 2021. Disentangling the complex alpha taxonomy of Andean populations of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from northern Patagonia: The need for extensive sampling in heterogeneous landscapes. Journal of Mammalogy 102: 1405 - 1425, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab089" title="Disentangling the complex alpha taxonomy of Andean populations of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from northern Patagonia: The need for extensive sampling in heterogeneous landscapes." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab089" volume="102" year="2021">Tammone et al. 2021</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="9D7FC4563A2EDBF601AB3796BB4D0167" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad001" author="Sanchez, RT" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="578 - 590" refId="B36" refString="Sanchez, RT, Tomasco, IH, Diaz, MM, Barquez, R, 2023. Review of three neglected species of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 104: 578 - 590, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad001" title="Review of three neglected species of Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad001" volume="104" year="2023">
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et al. 2023
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</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="5CE8D7B23D661951DFEE4B760E6D2B19" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" author="Teta, P" journalOrPublisher="Vertebrate Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="451 - 474" refId="B45" refString="Teta, P, Jayat, JP, Alvarado-Larios, R, Ojeda, AA, Cuello, P, D'Elia, G, 2023. An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 451 - 474, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" title="An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" volume="73" year="2023">Teta et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
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). It is expected that, in this context, renewed interest in the taxonomy of these animals would cause new taxonomic arrangements, including the proposition of new species with additional species being recognized as either endangered or data deficient in terms of the IUCN categories.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="ABCDDCE72167A75DD7617FF5ABBD9E9C" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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The case of
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<emphasis id="F71184A8A2610C432A3498196B4880AC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. fochi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the sister species to
|
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<taxonomicName id="F65CCF545E4717B6D164D5791E6BD79D" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys uco" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uco">
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<emphasis id="8E5B19B81A397302AE3FDA06CE4E7697" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys uco</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="FBA2372D6ED09CB3FE2DE25056FD54C7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, is an eloquent example of the limited ecological and systematic knowledge that characterizes most species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4A7482E63A82CE0185F91015FC2485" authorityName="Alvarado-Larios & Teta & Cuello & Jayat & Tarquino-Carbonell & D’Elía & Cornejo & Ojeda" authorityYear="2024" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="F88A303378644A0DE001752820A43F83" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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. During almost a century, this species was only known from four specimens, including its holotype, all coming from the species type locality (
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<bibRefCitation id="C3A6004F2D23C3846428EFB1795603BC" DOI="https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-19-886" author="Teta, P" journalOrPublisher="Therya" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="271 - 278" refId="B41" refString="Teta, P, D'Elia, G, 2019. The least known with the smallest ranges: Analyzing the patterns of occurrence and conservation of South American rodents known only from their type localities. Therya 10: 271 - 278, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-19-886" title="The least known with the smallest ranges: Analyzing the patterns of occurrence and conservation of South American rodents known only from their type localities." url="https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-19-886" volume="10" year="2019">
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Teta and
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2019
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), and flipped between being considered as a distinct species or as a subspecies of
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<taxonomicName id="431DA697ADF55A89F2EACBFF5C1B6284" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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<emphasis id="CB0225678F718954ED1D0E2DC27B27F2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(e.g.,
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<bibRefCitation id="B7B4F1CFE76E528252F274F588D73BEB" author="Cabrera, A" journalOrPublisher="Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales, Ciencias Zoologicas" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="309 - 732" refId="B5" refString="Cabrera, A, 1961. Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Parte II. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia e Instituto Nacional de Investigacion de las Ciencias Naturales, Ciencias Zoologicas 4: 309 - 732" title="Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Parte II." volume="4" year="1961">Cabrera 1961</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="08426B6E522CDC95BE1795230ADD0192" author="Bidau, CJ" editor="Patton, JL" journalOrPublisher="University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="818 - 877" refId="B2" refString="Bidau, CJ, 2015. Family Ctenomyidae Lesson, 1842. In: Patton, JL, Pardinas, UFJ, D'Elia, G, Eds., Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL: 818 - 877" title="Family Ctenomyidae Lesson, 1842." volumeTitle="Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents." year="2015">Bidau 2015</bibRefCitation>
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). During the last year, individuals of this species were found in two additional localities, enlarging its known distribution ca. 200 km SE and 250 km NW (
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<bibRefCitation id="9079B84B01BA166EA5914155F8E21A26" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" author="Teta, P" journalOrPublisher="Vertebrate Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="451 - 474" refId="B45" refString="Teta, P, Jayat, JP, Alvarado-Larios, R, Ojeda, AA, Cuello, P, D'Elia, G, 2023. An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 451 - 474, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" title="An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" volume="73" year="2023">Teta et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="E71FA96DF48DFF7D831605C02C853B76" author="Jayat, JP" journalOrPublisher="Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" refId="B18" refString="Jayat, JP, D'Elia, G, Teta, P, in press. Extension significativa del rango de distribucion para el Tuco Tuco de Foch (Ctenomys fochi Thomas, 1919; Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Notas sobre Mamiferos Sudamericanos." title="Extension significativa del rango de distribucion para el Tuco Tuco de Foch (Ctenomys fochi Thomas, 1919; Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Notas sobre Mamiferos Sudamericanos." year="in press">Jayat et al. in press</bibRefCitation>
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), and was included for the first time in a phylogenetic analysis, recovering it as a distinct species within the
|
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<taxonomicName id="CC636C59CB256D064D207391F2664032" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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<emphasis id="A7B3EC7ABBA1D95C17841F41B36A2135" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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species group (
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<bibRefCitation id="8DDFDA73F59AC0541070108F21D193D5" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" author="Teta, P" journalOrPublisher="Vertebrate Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="451 - 474" refId="B45" refString="Teta, P, Jayat, JP, Alvarado-Larios, R, Ojeda, AA, Cuello, P, D'Elia, G, 2023. An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 451 - 474, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" title="An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" volume="73" year="2023">Teta et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
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). Finally, herein we report a fourth locality (El Chepical, Valle del
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<normalizedToken id="A92BCC0F8FCD9A083B9B7FEDEF7E02D6" originalValue="río">rio</normalizedToken>
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Gualcamayo,
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<normalizedToken id="DFE27D03F3C88FF817DAA7EE8E0181B2" originalValue="Jáchal">Jachal</normalizedToken>
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, San Juan), which enlarges its distribution ca. 240 km SW from the previous nearest known locality. Thus, when all these localities are considered together, in only one year, our knowledge about the distributional range of
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<taxonomicName id="7F77B723A9BE9E9427123E4315FD22C1" lsidName="C. fochi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="fochi">
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<emphasis id="01D0711FF29909D7EA4E41C0EFFA83CA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. fochi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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extended from a single geographical point to an area of more than 61,900 km2. This situation likely would change the conservation status of this nominal form, which was considered as Data Deficient by
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<bibRefCitation id="0C6FB60821F2F908BD310230EE588E63" author="Sanchez, RET" journalOrPublisher="Zeitschrift fuer Saeugetierkunde" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" publicationUrl="http://cma.sarem.org.ar" refId="B35" refString="Sanchez, RET, Tomasco, IH, 2019. Ctenomys fochi. Categorizacion 2019 de los mamiferos de Argentina segun su riesgo de extincion. Lista Roja de los mamiferos de Argentina. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mammiferos, Buenos Aires, http://cma.sarem.org.ar" title="Ctenomys fochi. Categorizacion 2019 de los mamiferos de Argentina segun su riesgo de extincion. Lista Roja de los mamiferos de Argentina. Ministerio de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible, Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mammiferos, Buenos Aires," url="http://cma.sarem.org.ar" year="2019">
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<normalizedToken id="7BA007A5DF5F1C59A56BE7B555A4789F" originalValue="Sánchez">Sanchez</normalizedToken>
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and Tomasco (2019
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</bibRefCitation>
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; see
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<bibRefCitation id="192D65C69D46076ECE72454511458D63" author="Jayat, JP" journalOrPublisher="Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Oslo" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" refId="B18" refString="Jayat, JP, D'Elia, G, Teta, P, in press. Extension significativa del rango de distribucion para el Tuco Tuco de Foch (Ctenomys fochi Thomas, 1919; Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Notas sobre Mamiferos Sudamericanos." title="Extension significativa del rango de distribucion para el Tuco Tuco de Foch (Ctenomys fochi Thomas, 1919; Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Notas sobre Mamiferos Sudamericanos." year="in press">Jayat et al. in press</bibRefCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="56F8029625CAB59A6A7A3D15221A1038" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">
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Based on the results of the phylogenetic analysis conducted here, in which haplotypes of specimens assigned to
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<taxonomicName id="D2B10EE6198F8BB438B4E918BF1D1960" lsidName="C. johannis" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="johannis">
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<emphasis id="00852025118FE3D391AB106BD5E98850" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. johannis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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are nested within the clade corresponding to
|
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<taxonomicName id="AF82571FB106762EFA2B830E4D295535" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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<emphasis id="F218C5F8DB256B3C8391106B269AAEC1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and the morphological evidence provided by
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<bibRefCitation id="C06FE9E166BA8B3A7BA2FE28AA6145AA" DOI="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" author="Teta, P" journalOrPublisher="Vertebrate Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="451 - 474" refId="B45" refString="Teta, P, Jayat, JP, Alvarado-Larios, R, Ojeda, AA, Cuello, P, D'Elia, G, 2023. An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology 73: 451 - 474, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" title="An appraisal of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina." url="https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.73.e101065" volume="73" year="2023">Teta et al. (2023)</bibRefCitation>
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that indicates that phenotypically
|
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<emphasis id="4538AEB5D0663D1B996B78B0A7FFCE2A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. johannis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is not distinct from
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<taxonomicName id="E028149B10AAD30A971FA81729C61227" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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<emphasis id="B18E04563279378BE9D66F506826360A" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, we formally include
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<taxonomicName id="49B3BCC9F16CF7177060260194E44FE2" lsidName="C. johannis" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="johannis">
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<emphasis id="A28B6C5D7007A6102C70869EEC8E92E6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. johannis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as a synynom of
|
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<taxonomicName id="1B6B289E5D28B5827C2CA1F40C9DCB90" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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<emphasis id="CC7DC4E6D4145EE0B2F0F34FF0EE52C9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Under this assumption, the northern distribution of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F3C2834A0896C8F93442248EE4E33945" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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<emphasis id="40E526CE79288EE673D436CDFD29C476" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
extends to southern San Juan province, Argentina. Additionally, in that area, the species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="62787757162830CAE626AC77753841B9" lsidName="C. tulduco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="tulduco">
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||
<emphasis id="266CA3C62F8C0FE20F7073D92DB0751E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. tulduco</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Thomas, 1921 is also known. Although this last species has not been so far included in any phylogenetic study, the description provided by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="51D4D157AC8ED381C603603BD4E3F320" author="Thomas, O" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="214 - 221" refId="B46" refString="Thomas, O, 1921. On mammals from the Province of San Juan, western Argentina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology 8: 214 - 221" title="On mammals from the Province of San Juan, western Argentina." volume="8" year="1921">Thomas (1921)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, including its external coloration and size of the tympanic bullae, is indicative that this nominal form is likely also a synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="550926E82EBCF0C70BB235624634A4F6" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="EDC850F72B8D253E9972EB53C44C2249" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. In fact, according to Sanchez et al. (2023), some samples from Pedernal (San Juan), a locality from which
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="989F0D45703640F68725BFA4ACA1D1E8" author="Thomas, O" journalOrPublisher="Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" pagination="214 - 221" refId="B46" refString="Thomas, O, 1921. On mammals from the Province of San Juan, western Argentina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Zoology, Botany and Geology 8: 214 - 221" title="On mammals from the Province of San Juan, western Argentina." volume="8" year="1921">Thomas (1921)</bibRefCitation>
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referred some specimens to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DDCF3CB2B91219335A5C8F5BC5188935" lsidName="C. tulduco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="tulduco">
|
||
<emphasis id="4EE0E5289DE30B1F044FCCD222C935F7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. tulduco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the original description of this species, are indistinguishable from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C1FF1EBA04D47EF3782B85C92571BE63" lsidName="C. johannis" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="johannis">
|
||
<emphasis id="57A636720D399AD07918615C54976C16" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. johannis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9CB39CB2784073D905FD5B4EC1C48053" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="3D587B67F0B51EE0B63A6C27A996D86B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; this work). Beyond the case of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9F798C12E4130C84F5D63B47A85B01F8" lsidName="C. tulduco" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="tulduco">
|
||
<emphasis id="34ADDB13A55CFC19A97DB7B9C146C361" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. tulduco</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, whose synonymy under
|
||
<taxonomicName id="38CEB4ECFF7271DF4E710D6F218DEC27" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B787657022040BA1F5D5E125C793CAE9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has yet to be formalized, in just two years, the following nominal forms have been placed in the synonymy of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CFD3A8B957EDDDF9B016AF4A5DDD0E0D" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="846942F431137E9237F4B63648B125B9" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="40FDC6206A800DE0AA692A8EDD1DD2AB" lsidName="C. azarae" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="azarae">
|
||
<emphasis id="3EE37119B3459698FBDFF0949E070B86" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. azarae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="9BC9E9C16596A879633D688E0E8DFB51" lsidName="C. johannis" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="johannis">
|
||
<emphasis id="310A8BE96B69B389E37BCDF47409C238" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. johannis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A16A4C0314091A5E0E67E2A5AA051F16" lsidName="C. porteousi" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="porteousi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADE52488D32935FF7E22053FE91ED02B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. porteousi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="84820BD5712766B3B68ECF9C420C6F54" lsidName="C. validus" pageId="0" pageNumber="193" rank="species" species="validus">
|
||
<emphasis id="94E224B978C7B6F1513598BAC581D368" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">C. validus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
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et al. 2021
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</bibRefCitation>
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,
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; this study), indicating that just as there is still diversity to be described at the species level and the distinction of other nominal forms needs to be tested. As such, we expect that the taxonomy of
|
||
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<emphasis id="6F6F3DBE699B24D4F7AAA0F9B7414CCC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="193">Ctenomys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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will remain unstable during the next few years as more diversity is discovered and more descriptions result.
|
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</paragraph>
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