ESTADO ACTUAL DEL CONOCIMIENTO DEL ROEDOR FOSORIAL C TENOMYS MENDOCINUS PHILIPPI 1869 (RODENTIA: CTENOMYIDAE)

MARIA ROSI; MÓNICA I. CONA; VIRGILIO ROIG

MASTOZOOLOGíA NEOTROPICAL

UNIDAD DE ZOOLOGÍA Y ECOLOGÍA ANIMAL, INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS, CRICYT, CONICET

Lugar: Mendoza; Año: 2002

0327-9383

The genus Ctenomys, widely distributed in South America,encompasses over 60 species, most of which are only known from their original descriptions.Studies on C. mendocinus have contributed to the knowledge of the biology of tuco-tucos,and to the understanding of the systematic relationships among various Argentinian speciesof the genus. The present study sums up the existing available information about this fos-sorial rodent, comprising different aspects of its systematics, geographical distribution, mor-phology, behavior, reproduction, population structure, territoriality, burrow systems, feedingstrategies, and ectoparasites. Furthermore, new information on body and cranial variables foreach sex has been included, obtained from specimens of the species? type locality. Theinformation synthesized in this review will serve as a basis for further research aiming atclarifying the bioecological patterns of this and other related species. These patterns consti-tute a valuable tool in testing the evolutionary models proposed for subterranean rodents.