Ctenomys australis Rusconi 1934

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 : 1561

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scientific name	Ctenomys australis Rusconi 1934
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Ctenomys australis Rusconi 1934 , Rev. Chil. Nat. Hist., 38: 108.

Type Locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires Prov.

Vernacular Names: Southern Tuco-tuco.

Distribution: E Argentina in Buenos Aires Prov.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Considered distinct from porteousi by Contreras and Reig (1965) and Roig and Reig (1969). Placed in the mendocinus group by Massarini et al. (1991 a). Karyotype is 2n=48, FN=76 ( Massarini et al., 1991 a). In addition, to being the only member of the mendocinus group to have an invariant karyotype, australis exhibts much lower genetic variation than porteousi ( Apfelbaum et al., 1991) .