Ctenomys juris, Thomas, 1920
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55. View Plate 32: Ctenomyidae
Jujuy Tuco-tuco
French: Tuco-tuco du Jujuy / German: Jujuy-Kammratte / Spanish: Tuco tuco de Jujuy
Taxonomy. Ctenomys juris Thomas, 1920 View in CoL ,
“El Chaguardal, between San Pedro and Villa: Carolina. Alt. 500 m,” 24°16" 8S, 64°48’ W, Jujuy Province, Argentina.
Ctenomysjuris is not classified in any species group. Karyotype is 2n = 26, and sperm form is simple asymmetric. Monotypic.
Distribution. NW Argentina (SE Jujuy Province), known only from the type locality. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 177 mm, tail 72 mm, hindfoot 29 mm, all measurements from the holotype (young adult male). No specific data are available for body weight. The Jujuy Tuco-tuco is small, as Foch’s Tuco-tuco ( C. fochi ), but with much smaller bullae. General color is uniform pale brown with buffy or whitish half-collar that extends to ears at each side of neck. Inner sides of forelimbs are whitish, paler than venter. Top of muzzle is markedly darkened, as on Foch’s Tuco-tuco, and tail is dull buffy white, with dark brown terminal crest. Skull has broad nasals, slightly narrowed posteriorly; bullae are small and narrow, but smoothly contoured, uncompressed, and markedly smaller than those of Foch’s Tucotuco. Zygomatic arches are expanded, and anterior breadth is greater than posterior. Upper incisors are more proodont than in the Cordoba Tuco-tuco (C. bergi ) or Foch’s Tuco-tuco.
Habitat. Dry Chaco region.
Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red Lust.
Bibliography. Bidau (2006, 2015), Medina et al. (2007).
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