Ctenomys opimus Wagner 1848

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 : 1567

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scientific name	Ctenomys opimus Wagner 1848
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Ctenomys opimus Wagner 1848 , Arch. Naturgesch., 1: 75.

Type Locality: Bolivia, Oruro Dept., Monte Sajama.

Vernacular Names: Highland Tuco-tuco.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ctenomys opimus subsp. opimus Wagner 1848

Subspecies Ctenomys opimus subsp. luteolus Thomas 1900

Subspecies Ctenomys opimus subsp. nigriceps Thomas 1900

Distribution: NW Argentina, SW Bolivia, S Peru, N Chile between 2,000 and 5,000 m on the high Andean steppe (=Puna).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: May be conspecific with fulvus ; opimus and fulvus cannot be separated on the basis of karyotypes (see Gallardo, 1979 and Cook et al., 1990). Karyotype has 2n=26 and FN=48 ( Gallardo, 1991).