Ctenomys pundti, Nehring, 1900
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31. View Plate 31: Ctenomyidae
Pundt’s Tuco-tuco
French: Tuco-tuco de Pundt / German: Pundt-Kammratte / Spanish: Tuco tuco de Pundt
Other common names: Small Tuco-tuco
Taxonomy. Ctenomys pundti Nehring, 1900 View in CoL ,
“Alejo Ledesma im Suden der Provinz Cordoba,” Argentina, 33°38’ S, 62°37 W, 113 m.
Ctenomys pundti was initially classified in the Ancestral group based on biogeography, and based on mtDNA analysis, it was later classified in the talarum-species group. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 50 and FN = 84, and sperm is symmetric. Monotypic.
Distribution. NC Argentina (Cordoba and San Luis provinces). View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 170 mm, tail 43 mm, hindfoot (with claw) 20 mm (measurements for the specimen used by A. Nehring in his description). Nevertheless, fully mature specimens were collected with head-body 144-157 mm (males) and 133-138 mm (females), and some weighed less than 100 g. Pundt’s Tuco-tuco is one of the smallest species of Ctenomys . Upper parts are yellowish brown, and under parts are whitish gray. Forefeet and hindfeet are whitish above. Tail is bicolored, blackish above and whitish below. Dorsal hairs have yellow-brown tips and dark blue-gray bases. Skull is small, and occipital is not sharp-edged but rounded, reflecting weak development of lambdoidal crest. Upper incisors are proodont, and bullae are greatly expanded and ventrally rounded. Many other characteristics of Pundt’s Tuco-tuco are small-sized.
Habitat. Grassland, savanna, and shrubland plains in the Pampas and Argentine Espinal ecoregions.
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 Vulnerable on The IUCN Red Lust.
Bibliography. Bidau (2006, 2015), Contreras & Bidau (1999), Ipucha et al. (2008), Medina et al. (2007), Nehring (1900b), Parada et al. (2011), Reig et al. (1992), Tiranti et al. (2005).
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