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Ctenomyidae
Taxonomy
Ctenomyidae was named by Lesson (1842). It is extant.
It was reranked as the subfamily Ctenomyinae by Fernández et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Octodontidae by Fernández et al. (2000); and to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015) and Arnal and Vucetich (2015).
It was reranked as the subfamily Ctenomyinae by Fernández et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Octodontidae by Fernández et al. (2000); and to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015) and Arnal and Vucetich (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Ctenomyidae Lesson |
| 1958 | Ctenomyidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1988 | Ctenomyidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Ctenomyidae Nowak |
| 1999 | Ctenomyidae Nowak |
| 2000 | Ctenomyinae Fernández et al. p. 87 |
| 2001 | Ctenomyidae Huchon and Douzery p. 246 |
| 2015 | Ctenomyidae Arnal and Vucetich |
| 2015 | Ctenomyidae Upham and Patterson |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Ctenomyidae Lesson 1842
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G. †Actenomys Burmeister 1888
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†Actenomys priscus Owen 1840
Invalid names: Dicoelophorus Ameghino 1888 [nomen oblitum]
G. †Ctemys
G. Ctenomys de Blainville 1826
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†Ctenomys bonariensis Gervais and Ameghino 1888
†Ctenomys brachyrhinus Ameghino 1902
†Ctenomys chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Ctenomys connoveri Osgood 1946
†Ctenomys cotocaensis Azurduy 2005
†Ctenomys formosus Moreno 1888
†Ctenomys kraglievichi Rusconi 1930
Ctenomys magellanicus Bennett 1836 [Magellanic tuco-tuco]
†Ctenomys praderii Mones and Castiglioni 1979
†Ctenomys priscus Owen 1840
†Ctenomys rusconii De Santi et al. 2021
†Ctenomys subassentiens Ameghino 1902
†Ctenomys subquadratus Ameghino 1902
†Ctenomys thomasi Lucero et al. 2008
†Ctenomys uquiensis Verzi et al. 2010
†Ctenomys viarapaensis De Santi et al. 2020
Invalid names: Paractenomys Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
G. †Eucelophorus Ameghino 1908
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†Eucelophorus chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Eucelophorus zaratei Reig and Quintana 1992
G. †Megactenomys Rusconi 1930
G. †Praectenomys Villarroel 1975
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G. †Xenodontomys Kraglievich 1927
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†Xenodontomys ellipticus Kraglievich 1927
†Xenodontomys elongatus Verzi et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available