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<figureCitation id="F4DC73EA9A0B781D0E367A30903CF0C2" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Selected differences comparing the cranial anatomy of Ctenomys verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703) and other Ctenomys species including C. johannis (CFA-MA 12452), and C. mendocinus (CMI 2497). Note that C. verzi sp. nov. lacks interparietal (ip), has proportionally larger and broader incisive foramina (if), and smaller and not visible from above tympanic bullae (tb). Specimens are scaled to the same length." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850087" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">12</figureCitation>
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). An 801 base-pair sequence of the cyt
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<emphasis id="94FD63EE646225BC95C058DAC1EDB4A5" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">b</emphasis>
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gene has been deposited in GenBank with accession number OQ305620.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="7AB69DC62F8738FF6C03285E6ADA0365" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="type locality">
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<paragraph id="5707C00560AB23E56957EDA4FA8FA716" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Type locality.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3FE54CF6495939AF3D35A41339719BF6" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
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Argentina: Mendoza Province,
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<normalizedToken id="75AACACFCDCCB9CF008C8C3FA84B0E78" originalValue="Malargüe">Malarguee</normalizedToken>
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Department, 10 km by road NW Las
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<normalizedToken id="521EFF7601294D249A26B813AA66CCE7" originalValue="Leñas">Lenas</normalizedToken>
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, 2,799 m a.s.l. (-35.0973°, -70.1363°; Fig.
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<figureCitation id="67A18B5007470DA008B41F8CE8EEED40" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Map of central Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay, depicting the generalized distributional boundaries of the species and candidate species of the group of Ctenomys mendocinus. Numbers 1 - 10 and 11 - 12 correspond to the known localities for the " La Rioja-San Juan lineage, " and " Las Lenas lineage, " respectively (for reference of the numbers, see the text)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850078" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">2</figureCitation>
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: locality 11).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="F6930A83CC7A2234A46FCF6B91768E33" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="description">
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<paragraph id="3E0AF592DECEDCB3D7B1DCA4ACF35A45" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Measurements of the holotype (in mm).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8D7D059DC2E08C4D9EB0A15729108220" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">TOTL, 260; TAIL, 89; HFL, 40; EAR, 7; TLS, 43.58; CIL, 40.68; NL, 15.20; NW, 7.65; FL, 12.31; RW, 10.26; ZB, 25.04; IOB, 8.42; BB, 17.76; MB, 23.36; IFH, 8.33; DL, 10.98; UIW, 6.58; PL, 18.20; PM4L, 3.67; TRL, 8.82.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="54948BC46F0F62017BEE5E46A16D4242" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="morphological diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="E65F7B5A79B253422342AF691FCB004E" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Morphological diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="CEC58D516F3665FC379A1DEB39D91A59" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
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A medium-sized tuco-tuco of the
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<taxonomicName id="9C4AD9EE3C4E550253C2CE0D534685DE" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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<emphasis id="0099E867496938DBF1CA2261AE70475B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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species group, with dorsal and ventral coloration well differentiated; dorsum light brownish olive, becoming deep olive-buff on flanks; venter olive-buff, with the line separating from dorsum moderately defined. Skull moderately robust, with rostrum proportionally short and broad and interorbital region with posteriorly divergent outer margins; zygomatic arch relatively broad, with well-developed postorbital processes of jugal and a conspicuous lateral masseteric fossa; dorsal profile of the cranium with a marked inflection downwards at the parietal-occipital region; incisive foramina moderately long and broad, recessed in a common fossa of nearly straight outer borders; interpremaxillary foramen moderately large; sphenopalatine vacuities large; auditory bullae moderately inflated, and pyrifom.
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</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="FAB3C329A40C82563F8AD628AC2619F2" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="description">
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<paragraph id="EE6EE336061A6F47A8B1D8D253F1DBD5" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Morphological description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="70A0423D49B7DCF5DB63B8C665C72DB0" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
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Pelage dense, fine, and soft, about 10-12 mm long over back and rump; dorsum with fur light brownish olive, becoming deep olive-buff on flanks; individual hairs dark neutral gray colored, except for the distal tips, which are lighter. Nose brownish olive. Color of ventral pelage olive buff, with the line separating from dorsum moderately defined; individual hairs dark gray basally, with distal tips whitish to olive buff. Fur of fore and hind limbs colored like dorsum, except for their internal sides which are lighter. Mystacial vibrissae surpassing the dorsal edge of the pinnae when laid back alongside of head; superciliary vibrissae sparse, extending to the base of the pinnae when laid back alongside of head. Ears sparsely covered with short, brownish olive hairs. Manus covered by silvery to brownish hairs, with long claws (ca. 11 mm in the third digit). Pes broad and dorsally covered by silvery to brownish hairs; all digits with ungueal tufts of stiff bristles, and strong claws. Tail short (ca. 52% of the head and body length), darker above than below and sparsely covered by short hairs (Fig.
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||
<figureCitation id="D8605F60D333D342AFE73615F0C94FA6" captionStart="Figure 10" captionStartId="F10" captionText="Figure 10. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of the skin of the holotype of C. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 10 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850085" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">10</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<caption id="21B818B655E01797B762F92BE0B820BC" doi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure10" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850085" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" start="Figure 10" startId="F10">
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<paragraph id="E35803F9336A0F643E0EC537F1E33B6A" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
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<emphasis id="91A108E70E60F3B0A94F0A77FC9250D4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Figure 10.</emphasis>
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Dorsal (
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<emphasis id="BE727A65230A1628A74914701AF9FC6A" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">A</emphasis>
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) and ventral (
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<emphasis id="297AD892E2FE1384A2329E87A0AA1E66" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">B</emphasis>
|
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) views of the skin of the holotype of
|
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<taxonomicName id="3BB12ACC4CFD6F9E972214E437292534" lsidName="C. verzi" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="verzi">
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<emphasis id="1B02B1477508E042DF624B83DD036B7E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. verzi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="4968DC9957A22D7F86D6A04F7D9E77DC" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
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(CMI 7703). Scale = 10 mm.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
|
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<paragraph id="BAC3F1B8F148F40E2786D528F12AA4E9" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
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Skull moderately robust, with rostrum proportionally short and broad, interorbital region with posteriorly divergent outer margins, and zygomatic arches broad and nearly parallel-sided in dorsal view (Fig.
|
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<figureCitation id="F4815C19688342E1561AB3E218FAC37B" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. 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. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850086" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">11</figureCitation>
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). Nasals relatively flat, moderately long and narrow, broadest anteriorly, and with nearly straight lateral margins; their anterior tips are in line to the level of the anterior end of upper diastema. Premaxillary-frontal suture in line with the naso-frontal suture. Supraorbital ridges well defined, without postorbital processes on frontals. Interparietal completely fused. Temporal ridges not developed. Lambdoid crest slightly developed. Rostral masseteric fossa dorsal to alveolar sheath of the I1, deep and ending in a curved crest slightly anterior to or level with premaxillary-maxillary suture. Bottom of the alveolar sheaths of the upper incisors are visible laterally and located at the level of DP4. Zygomatic arch broad, with well developed postorbital processes of jugal and a conspicuous lateral masseteric fossa. Dorsal profile of cranium with a marked inflection downwards in the parietal-occipital region. Incisive foramina moderately long and broad, recessed in a common fossa of nearly straight outer borders; interpremaxillary foramen moderately large (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="8519042DF074E0F0044C10C0D9368B95" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Ventral view of the incisive and interpremaxillary foramina in six species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A C. johannis (CFA-Ma 12452); B C. maulinus (FMNH 23215); C C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D C. pontifex (BM 60.5.1.2; holotype); E C. eileenae sp. nov. (MACN-Ma 30847; holotype); and F C. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703; holotype). Specimens are scaled to the same length." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850097" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">6</figureCitation>
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). Palatal bridge with two major palatine foramina at about level of M1. Mesopterygoid fossa
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<normalizedToken id="34267AFF88BF9972AD87656CFA3C4BD7" originalValue="“V”">"V"</normalizedToken>
|
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shaped, reaching anteriorly the middle portion of M2. Alisphenoid-basisphenoid bridge thin; bony roof of mesopterygoid fossa with two large and nearly pyriform sphenopalatine vacuities. Buccinator-masticatory foramen large and divided. Paraoccipital processes well developed and comma-shaped. Auditory bullae moderately inflated and pyrifom, with salient auditory tubes (Fig.
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<figureCitation id="375CE73E240EB4D2633D8F3B610879F3" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. 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. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850086" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">11</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
|
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<caption id="A8ED6F338A11CBD4A9F2F760C119D321" doi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850086" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" start="Figure 11" startId="F11">
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<paragraph id="18B5020956C07E5BD9702B8D020346B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
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<emphasis id="F824CB3EAF4E139B80EC625850F4E3F0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Figure 11.</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="2CA3BFFF188F288F931F03FCE17308A9" lsidName="C. verzi" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="verzi">
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<emphasis id="B0C7CFC1D7A9556BA7240B6094B8DAB8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. verzi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="FE1BCCB78874C98B94E3F875076C5D81" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
(CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm.
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</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="5F47C6141E7AE50212109F7259190418" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
Mandible robust and markedly hystricognathous, with coronoid process long and pointed; condyloid process robust, bearing a poorly developed articulation flange. Postcondyloid process with a small ventrolateral apophysis. Chin process poorly developed and moderately visible in lateral view; bottom of alveolar sheath of p4 does not protrude much (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="1C88CD2AB44C34B1F3B5660E7C616221" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. 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. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850086" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">11</figureCitation>
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).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8EDE7745C7D86BDD3093C77552D54AC4" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
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Upper incisors large, moderately robust, and nearly orthodont; frontal enamel surface orange. Maxillary tooth rows slightly divergent posteriad. M3 reduced, with the posterolingual face flat and an anterior lobe protruding (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="B47543CFC3BFB0E1F6574100E86D2E81" captionStart="Figure 11" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figure 11. 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. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure11" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850086" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">11</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
|
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<subSubSection id="A44FEC4666C4B2FFDFFB7E6EC2FE0A2E" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="distribution">
|
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<paragraph id="85356B6CCC844AD71A881A183734F5C4" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph id="4B81E050D5CD59711B8A8CD8F9EA2309" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
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Only known from the type locality (see above) and its surroundings (RP22, 5.8 km N de Las
|
||
<normalizedToken id="8AE39C8E3EDCE6A4A8425F859F88C0DA" originalValue="Leñas">Lenas</normalizedToken>
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; see
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<bibRefCitation id="9AAFB1E889D473F2F99BED8973E15A4C" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab089" author="Tammone, MN" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Mammalogy" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" pagination="1405 - 1425" refId="B54" 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>
|
||
; Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="28BB606F0D1ECC634CCD6C67551DC9BF" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Map of central Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay, depicting the generalized distributional boundaries of the species and candidate species of the group of Ctenomys mendocinus. Numbers 1 - 10 and 11 - 12 correspond to the known localities for the " La Rioja-San Juan lineage, " and " Las Lenas lineage, " respectively (for reference of the numbers, see the text)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850078" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">2</figureCitation>
|
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, locality 12), at the Andes of southwestern Mendoza in west-central Argentina (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="EAAF41BAF5DCB22DB9E70AAB84804A30" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Map of central Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay, depicting the generalized distributional boundaries of the species and candidate species of the group of Ctenomys mendocinus. Numbers 1 - 10 and 11 - 12 correspond to the known localities for the " La Rioja-San Juan lineage, " and " Las Lenas lineage, " respectively (for reference of the numbers, see the text)." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850078" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">2</figureCitation>
|
||
; localities 11-12). The only two known localities are separated by less than 3.2 km.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="22FEFE2F190AF72CF0B0EB29CF5B121A" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="2382041D66A18078F2C2BCCCAC0C2E5C" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Etymology.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="36324F940E8E4C43EDA42C3BF9EEFE12" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">We named this species in honor of Diego Verzi, an Argentinean mammalogist and paleontologist devoted to the study of mammal evolution and systematics. Diego has a large publication record on living and fossil octodontoid rodents, including ctenomyids. The species name is constructed as a noun in apposition based on the name of a man.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="A8F5D507F361407CD018FDFFE8295D50" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="comparisons">
|
||
<paragraph id="6A24954E62C8280907E56EF5142220C7" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Comparisons.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FC99E1DE275E5EC18292BCEC7FA1028D" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="0E676C0047240A35494F7EAB5684EB96" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="CB5FA03A4A5BCE8920C545A435F12696" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="694D3DB43FF5889B169673A69A3547AD" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
can be differentiated from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B3D27DEAE2FBE263E09D87EAB9039EAF" lsidName="C. johannis" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="johannis">
|
||
<emphasis id="BA63B2A103622D526DEAE659AE20C6FB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. johannis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F5B231A7F2720D8ACDE8D2B52C9526C0" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="50DB8EC378AEB53AF5AAA971DE92D702" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its less globose tympanic bullae, absence of interparietal bone and larger incisive foramina (Figs
|
||
<figureCitation id="02F2A5AF411A17A23FED63D53C3F41BD" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Dorsal (A - E) and ventral (F - J) views of the skulls in five species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A, F C. emilianus (CMI 7701); B, G C. maulinus (CMI 3800); C, H C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D, I C. pontifex (NHMUK 60.5.1.2; holotype); and E, J C. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850084" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">9</figureCitation>
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,
|
||
<figureCitation id="349F1DC8CA40446A1AC62F27EF82C5A1" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Selected differences comparing the cranial anatomy of Ctenomys verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703) and other Ctenomys species including C. johannis (CFA-MA 12452), and C. mendocinus (CMI 2497). Note that C. verzi sp. nov. lacks interparietal (ip), has proportionally larger and broader incisive foramina (if), and smaller and not visible from above tympanic bullae (tb). Specimens are scaled to the same length." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850087" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">12</figureCitation>
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||
). Additionally, the tympanic bullae are not visible from above in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C9CF664A18895AF404CD744FF0FA402A" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
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<emphasis id="564AA20D490633EF4CE1727DFD112644" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="746D611263EA713702CA7777473E5486" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
, while they visible in dorsal view in both
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4713CEA9711E729933E48671FAA70D58" lsidName="C. johannis" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="johannis">
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||
<emphasis id="6FB5CCD0C1EFDDCDA65996781D16249E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. johannis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="70BE48A0F6D72C0BE273EBF26453A229" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
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||
<emphasis id="D8535332A9BF15B2E4D795633A1FB220" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
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</taxonomicName>
|
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(Fig.
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<figureCitation id="0345E75FFC954E2AB200A73861DFD29B" captionStart="Figure 12" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figure 12. Selected differences comparing the cranial anatomy of Ctenomys verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703) and other Ctenomys species including C. johannis (CFA-MA 12452), and C. mendocinus (CMI 2497). Note that C. verzi sp. nov. lacks interparietal (ip), has proportionally larger and broader incisive foramina (if), and smaller and not visible from above tympanic bullae (tb). Specimens are scaled to the same length." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850087" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">12</figureCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="A0B23B27B47A8DFDF32EEB6AB592A2E6" doi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850087" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" start="Figure 12" startId="F12">
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||
<paragraph id="C97BAF54AD476A85D0ABA3B4EFB16A93" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
<emphasis id="F40FB41605DFB8433E993C80B79F7DB0" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Figure 12.</emphasis>
|
||
Selected differences comparing the cranial anatomy of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="64646BCFFC79F383FE63304DF906C782" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="DBFC6753649D54A69C8AD68C48733637" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="AF147469AF7B5921011A78CC16DB5C1C" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
(CMI 7703) and other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FAAF6801ADF988F204C83F388F2BA481" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8E5E4CF979F171186D6E5CF3E929AB7B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species including
|
||
<taxonomicName id="29B4E4277EDD1DD45CCD912FC441E29C" lsidName="C. johannis" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="johannis">
|
||
<emphasis id="54B457AFB139C7C04045C5B752822436" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. johannis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(CFA-MA 12452), and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DEB392AD1B3A09A4A8F2E58FE59683A2" lsidName="C. mendocinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8FE37737E42D9B7779830FCB51C869F1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(CMI 2497). Note that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A13EC875E5FE77B7D0F67958685C09E6" lsidName="C. verzi" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="22E2DC6945E6A9A84B311DB7BD8B2803" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="188A4B55F11466C9178324D19FB3A527" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
lacks interparietal (ip), has proportionally larger and broader incisive foramina (if), and smaller and not visible from above tympanic bullae (tb). Specimens are scaled to the same length.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="0B71F38A2A45D55E20D18936BD769863" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E96BF4A7D61B38CD7201161DBFAD19C8" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="D5ECAA437F18B4D5F5B41CBD45802BE0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="F78B38FB5580F582C33AB12A7B6CC374" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
can be differentiated from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="ED3E7ECEE6B3C5CE3D1262BE0637BF49" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys eileenae" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eileenae">
|
||
<emphasis id="D90A6F104A4E0C0F6F350EE53ABDAF21" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys eileenae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="5CC4E49A48F702C57305BC1435DD5AB6" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
by its smaller size (TLS = 43.6 vs. 41.7-53.9 mm), less robust appearance, and by its proportionally more narrow and larger incisive foramina. In addition, the skull of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="B4A0683C2DC745757B2AB1D44ECDA083" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="C71030A5B768F3A6E0C9C972BC6976B8" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="FECBEC6D3CEAC0984112E4F744BFBAA1" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
lacks postorbital processes, while these structures are moderately to well developed in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="1C75298AEEB01DB8881E4BCE28C5A1D7" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys eileenae" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="eileenae">
|
||
<emphasis id="B98D08D9DEB92A1E41AEAF535AD4E777" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys eileenae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="C6BCD01DA9912FD3910CF1C33BCB1732" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="7F2C036575EABE5AE8584B6495EE5C54" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E5D615FEC032E0D53E95F5A655C77277" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="2A7918072D34459467821F897F4244FA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="EEDBA44F8E21B703B2ED312A53962155" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="7E19C145EADACF4B6ADD24AF29794949" lsidName="C. emilianus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="emilianus">
|
||
<emphasis id="60AA49213FD8FFEF8231EFA1C426CD65" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. emilianus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its smaller size (TLS = 43.6 vs. 45.7-54.3 mm) and less robust appearance, smaller sphenopalatine vacuities, and less proodont upper incisors (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="7E1FBE8DBEE1F60924180BF630176351" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Dorsal (A - E) and ventral (F - J) views of the skulls in five species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A, F C. emilianus (CMI 7701); B, G C. maulinus (CMI 3800); C, H C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D, I C. pontifex (NHMUK 60.5.1.2; holotype); and E, J C. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850084" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">9</figureCitation>
|
||
). In addition, the interpremaxillary foramen is large and closely placed to the incisive foramina in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D515654271290B56628260381D80753A" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="7C089BE6EC20603098F7C0286BFCD07F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="83ED1ECD244B9726E0AD74F397A20936" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
and large but well separated from the incisive foramina in the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2477CE21308424726F511A35B94ED296" lsidName="C. emilianus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="emilianus">
|
||
<emphasis id="204D3FD5E5ACFCD6B518E48D00055F48" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. emilianus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="DA913E9222A0D29F97CD9CF096B39994" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Ventral view of the incisive and interpremaxillary foramina in six species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A C. johannis (CFA-Ma 12452); B C. maulinus (FMNH 23215); C C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D C. pontifex (BM 60.5.1.2; holotype); E C. eileenae sp. nov. (MACN-Ma 30847; holotype); and F C. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703; holotype). Specimens are scaled to the same length." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850097" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">6</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="235688553C530685E4A3C9BCB27DADAE" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="934FC835AA7093EC91437F999AEEEC8C" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="5F66CCFD99A257789119046D8ECF28FB" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="E4633C95C090F4389DBBBCC750C579E3" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C52AF9DE6DA2D411BF32570EF229E9BF" lsidName="C. maulinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="maulinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="864CCC374781568FACF3C1588B1DB7AA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. maulinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its smaller size (TLS = 43.6 vs. 41.6-53.4 mm) and less robust appearance, smaller sphenopalatine vacuities, more pyriform tympanic bullae, and proportionally longer incisive foramina. In addition, the interpremaxillary foramen is large and closely placed to the incisive foramina in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E833E53D7AD2304325015B4AD8E63E81" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="5C75DBA6A8F917AAB9597A95A6177C47" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="DFE7BD6FEA28851F788802BAEC6BB3F5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
and large but well separated from the incisive foramina in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="487D3B13EA04A02D2A94D1F864B7BBC0" lsidName="C. maulinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="maulinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5E637D0CCE8DB71113234978E0CDD6C7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. maulinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="C925AC8C45FF245FD49E267FF73023A0" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Dorsal (A - E) and ventral (F - J) views of the skulls in five species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A, F C. emilianus (CMI 7701); B, G C. maulinus (CMI 3800); C, H C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D, I C. pontifex (NHMUK 60.5.1.2; holotype); and E, J C. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850084" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">9</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CE740E23A90BBBC20161B9945386D0CE" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C3D511D52E176259A93E954869D83588" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="19073D6B51448DE6A9F5B2A782C8F4E6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="7290AD0ECFA89F600531ED82FAA22B13" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E4B52193101B908D296BB1815BBC8B13" lsidName="C. pontifex" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="pontifex">
|
||
<emphasis id="BA154013F1232148443EBB80ECE9674F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. pontifex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by its more pyriform tympanic bullae (vs. narrow and nearly tubular in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FA8E82F9B5B99D2668E9FEE64EB46B5C" lsidName="C. pontifex" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="pontifex">
|
||
<emphasis id="5D59CA1025CF03A6486F789E85D4FCF3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. pontifex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
), shorter rostrum, and proportionally longer incisive foramina (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="F5E4DAEAA513350A478F423577BDC7D1" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Ventral view of the incisive and interpremaxillary foramina in six species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A C. johannis (CFA-Ma 12452); B C. maulinus (FMNH 23215); C C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D C. pontifex (BM 60.5.1.2; holotype); E C. eileenae sp. nov. (MACN-Ma 30847; holotype); and F C. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703; holotype). Specimens are scaled to the same length." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850097" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">6</figureCitation>
|
||
). Also, in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="E45E5F2A13672413461ED7CEDD2F2B4F" authorityName="Teta & Jayat & Alvarado-Larios & Ojeda & Cuello & D’Elía" authorityYear="2023" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys verzi" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="verzi">
|
||
<emphasis id="DFC4887706CA4AF5BC0D74DF44DC5B1E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys verzi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the premaxillofrontal suture lies at the same line of the nasofrontal suture, while in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="5DFE9096B66E9A21EEC16E323D96FDBC" lsidName="C. maulinus" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="maulinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="8A14E0981E91C99A3BD79E9BF6EE1D86" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">C. maulinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
the former is extended behind the second (Fig.
|
||
<figureCitation id="8C3FA1D12CFB96489184D45E07A4FCF7" captionStart="Figure 9" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figure 9. Dorsal (A - E) and ventral (F - J) views of the skulls in five species of Ctenomys from west-central Argentina: A, F C. emilianus (CMI 7701); B, G C. maulinus (CMI 3800); C, H C. mendocinus (CMI 2497); D, I C. pontifex (NHMUK 60.5.1.2; holotype); and E, J C. verzi sp. nov. (CMI 7703). Scale = 5 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/vz.73.e101065.figure9" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/850084" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">9</figureCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="FBB44398A51B3452244A17125BB5ABD4" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
Pairwise genetic distances with other species of the
|
||
<taxonomicName id="EBF2E3825F666E4CF38AE84C1CC3553A" authorityName="Philippi" authorityYear="1869" class="Mammalia" family="Ctenomyidae" genus="Ctenomys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ctenomys mendocinus" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mendocinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="5DAF245C1840E64A014125ABE0EEBA62" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Ctenomys mendocinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
species group range from 1.25 to 2.99 % (Table
|
||
<tableCitation id="413EAA4BA6D2A1B4B82552138127AF08" 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 candidate species (see text) of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/28AFCD5AF769CB3E8EC5222807522DC4" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" tableUuid="28AFCD5AF769CB3E8EC5222807522DC4">1</tableCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="A4F1D08C319913A0727FFB1C4B7DEC6F" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="natural history">
|
||
<paragraph id="345834E9B8285602DA700D35012594FF" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Natural history.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CF30F32C7CA557F2AD9A34FAD31A1585" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
Mostly unknown; the two known localities for this species are placed within the same valley, at 2,400-2,700 m a.s.l. The landscape in this area corresponds to the Southern Andean Steppe ecoregion, which is characterized by montane shrublands and grasslands. Most plants between 1,900 to 2,700 m a.s.l. correspond to the genera
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8F1427AFEAD48D63B3D13ED791E78D98" class="Liliopsida" family="Poaceae" genus="Stipa" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Stipa" order="Poales" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="FB129F27296B8AF9743B03E21B87ADEF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Stipa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="DCE1D980F21645F06A7B3E30320791E2" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Adesmia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Adesmia" order="Fabales" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="FBC53D06D37DEC10C352721E35F2F0D6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Adesmia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="293C34277643A9761847515AFF3D8F45" authorityName="Persoon" authorityYear="1805" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Apiaceae" genus="Mulinum" higherTaxonomySource="IPNI" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Mulinum" order="Apiales" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Magnoliophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="25D0D9F7AD9882A9F24D6450C7B17B09" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Mulinum</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="49C67E22080390CCEF2666AE254A7757" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Nassauvia" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Nassauvia" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="0A631A1927A9748AF9C8C7122C7CBB55" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Nassauvia</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and
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<taxonomicName id="3315D7CBB3924132DA30CE80D6D1F4C4" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Asteraceae" genus="Chuquiraga" kingdom="Plantae" lsidName="Chuquiraga" order="Asterales" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="413D6335903FC094C685603BAF187D89" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Chuquiraga</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The climate is cold and desert, with most precipitation and snow falling during winter. Other small mammals collected in Las
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<normalizedToken id="FDA12ED17FC65DA7372D8A08D9668486" originalValue="Leñas">Lenas</normalizedToken>
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, syntopically with the new species, included
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<taxonomicName id="1F3F01E953FAD813EC5ED70C4305AC87" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1895" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Abrothrix" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Abrothrix hirta" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hirta">
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<emphasis id="BAF345BEF96593B5B312B442DF261B2F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Abrothrix hirta</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Thomas, 1895),
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<taxonomicName id="BBD47C7103176B3073734267AFDCE9A9" lsidName="A. olivacea" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="olivacea">
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<emphasis id="6C285C8834A6107706EB9FB7ED39740C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">A. olivacea</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(Waterhouse, 1837),
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<taxonomicName id="BFD8327E94451CB3DBB917F3A73D10FA" baseAuthorityName="Waterhouse" baseAuthorityYear="1839" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Euneomys" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Euneomys chinchilloides" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="chinchilloides">
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<emphasis id="4F6032627DF10E170C7F043D4E4156D1" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Euneomys chinchilloides</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
(Waterhouse, 1839),
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<taxonomicName id="AE9F015AEEA76E1373457FC92E84260B" lsidName="E. fossor" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" rank="species" species="fossor">
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<emphasis id="56F3F25A7F3043DAD284D0CD81C0D587" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">E. fossor</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
(Thomas, 1899),
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||
<taxonomicName id="CF547B3423C4A4183B486EE54D58A0B4" baseAuthorityName="Waterhouse" baseAuthorityYear="1837" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Loxodontomys" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Loxodontomys micropus" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micropus">
|
||
<emphasis id="3EC161F9517D18D75A17BC93DDA57B72" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Loxodontomys micropus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Waterhouse, 1837),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="CB502F78E66FA481D206E29BC93142D8" baseAuthorityName="Thomas" baseAuthorityYear="1894" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Paynomys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Paynomys macronyx" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macronyx">
|
||
<emphasis id="6148F954E8CC375A63748E1CCA9C749C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Paynomys macronyx</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(Thomas, 1894), and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8178841ABEB04C9FE1D4BD066DE5F725" authorityName="Jayat, Teta, Ojeda, Steppan, Osland, Ortiz, Novillo, Lanzone & Ojeda" authorityYear="2021" class="Mammalia" family="Cricetidae" genus="Phyllotis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Phyllotis pehuenche" order="Rodentia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pehuenche">
|
||
<emphasis id="21C46C229C9479421FABE389ED4E9E4F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Phyllotis pehuenche</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Jayat et al., 2022.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="6B4423CB4D79AD674764FBC0BCB6009B" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" type="conservation">
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||
<paragraph id="8E939FF17AAEC0FD950FC27C633238D7" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">Conservation.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="02D4DE87CF0B9305BA86259200FFDC18" pageId="0" pageNumber="451">
|
||
As currently defined,
|
||
<normalizedToken id="9FF57E330A0258D2DC5120F27F91C710" originalValue="Verzi’s">Verzi's</normalizedToken>
|
||
tuco-tuco has a small geographic range, which constitutes a proxy of its conservation status (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="CB991D7F2249367DE5AFA8F29DE94C80" author="Bidau, CJ" editor="Ojeda, RA" journalOrPublisher="Mamiferos amenazados de La Argentina. Sociedad Argentina para el Estudio de los Mamiferos, Mendoza" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" pagination="177 - 187" refId="B3" 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." year="2012">Bidau et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
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||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C4C82A77A7F5B5F7168E009F056030D8" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" author="Caraballo, DA" journalOrPublisher="Mammalia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" refId="B8" 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 https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" title="Filling the gap in distribution ranges and conservation status in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy" url="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" year="2023">Caraballo et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). Most other species of tuco-tucos with restricted ranges were traditionally referred to as Data Deficient (DD; see SAREM-MAyDS 2019; but see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="0AA6E6005C9A35FE8F1537FF0F44847A" DOI="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" author="Caraballo, DA" journalOrPublisher="Mammalia" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" refId="B8" 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 https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" title="Filling the gap in distribution ranges and conservation status in Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). Journal of Mammalogy" url="https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac099" year="2023">Caraballo et al. 2023</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). However, the use of this category (DD) is not exempt of inconveniences; overall, it is uninformative as species may be categorized as such for different reasons, limiting the chances to enact conservation measures or to support additional scientific investigation on these taxa (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="B03EBAB9A471BFC08E7DD3CF60599E9C" author="Teta, P" editor="DellaSala, DA" journalOrPublisher="Elsevier, Amsterdam" pageId="0" pageNumber="451" pagination="519 - 528" refId="B61" 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>
|
||
). Taking into account that the new species is only known from two localities, its consideration as endangered or vulnerable seems to be more appropriate. This situation could be aggravated by tourism and the infrastructure associated with this activity, as in this valley (Las
|
||
<normalizedToken id="7783DECD0EF4BBAE43EFBA466485F8B9" originalValue="Leñas">Lenas</normalizedToken>
|
||
) occurs one of the largest Argentinian sky centers, being visited each year by numerous people. Additional surveys are much needed to evaluate more accurately its conservation status.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</subSection>
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