Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1902. Notas sobre algunos mamíferos fósiles nuevos ó poco conocidos del Valle de Tarija. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3(1):225-261
Belongs to Ctenomys according to F. Ameghino 1902
Sister taxa: Ctenomys avitus, Ctenomys bonariensis, Ctenomys brachyrhinus, Ctenomys chapalmalensis, Ctenomys connoveri, Ctenomys cotocaensis, Ctenomys formosus, Ctenomys kraglievichi, Ctenomys magellanicus, Ctenomys rusconii, Ctenomys subassentiens, Ctenomys thomasi, Ctenomys uquiensis, Ctenomys viarapaensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Tarija, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial horizon in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at Tarija
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