Ctenomys scagliai Contreras 1999

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Ctenomyidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1560-1570 : 1569

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scientific name	Ctenomys scagliai Contreras 1999
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Ctenomys scagliai Contreras 1999 , Ciencia Siglo XXI, 3: 10.

Type Locality: Argentina, Tucumán Prov., Los Cardones (26 o 40’S, 65 o 51’W) 2,500 m GoogleMaps .

Vernacular Names: Scaglia's Tuco-tuco.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Discussion: Contreras (1999) concluded that this taxon is related to a primitive stem of the genus including C. opimus – C. pundit – C. talarum . The karyotype attributed to C. knighti with a 2n=36 and FN=64 ( Reig et al., 1992) are from representatives of this species.