| Author | Fernandes, Fabiano Araujo | |
| Author | Fornel, Rodrigo | |
| Author | Freitas, Thales R. O. | |
| Access date | 2018-11-08T15:31:37Z | |
| Available date | 2018-11-08T15:31:37Z | |
| Document date | 2012 | |
| Citation | FERNANDES, Fabiano Araujo; FORNEL, Rodrigo; FREITAS, Thales R. O. Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): clarifying the geographic placement of the type species of the genus Ctenomys. Zootaxa, v. 3272, p. 57-68, 2012. | pt_BR |
| ISSN | 1175-5326 | pt_BR |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/29964 | |
| Language | eng | pt_BR |
| Publisher | Magnolia Press | pt_BR |
| Rights | restricted access | |
| Subject in Portuguese | Morfometria geométrica | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Tipo de localidade | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Ctenomys pearsoni | pt_BR |
| Subject in Portuguese | Tuco-tucos | pt_BR |
| Title | Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): clarifying the geographic placement of the type species of the genus Ctenomys | pt_BR |
| Type | Article | |
| Abstract | The genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) comprises more than 60 species of subterranean rodents. Despite the wide distribution of the genus in southern America, the type locality of the type species—Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville—was long thought to be the State of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, well outside the presently known distributional area of the genus. Since it has never been collected again in that State, the type locality of this species is still a matter for investigation. In order to elucidate this question, we investigated the skull of the type specimens of C. brasiliensis. From geometric morphometrics comparisons with other species of the genus, and taking into account the label information, it was possible to rediscover the type locality of this species. There is no doubt that the specimen was collected in Minas, in the department of Lavalleja, Uruguay. Nowadays in this area on the southern coast of Uruguay, only
populations of Ctenomys pearsoni Lessa and Langguth were recognized. We suggest that more studies must be done to better understand the taxonomic relation between C. pearsoni complex and the C. brasiliensis, the type species for the genus that was collected in Uruguay and never occurred in southeastern Brazil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Departamento de Genética. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Ecoepidemiologia de doença de Chagas. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Departamento de Genética. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil / Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões – Campus de Erechim. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia. Erechim, RS, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Affilliation | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Departamento de Genética. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Genética e Biologia Molecular. Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil. | pt_BR |
| Subject | Type locality | pt_BR |
| Subject | Geometric morphometric, | pt_BR |
| Subject | Ctenomys pearsoni | pt_BR |
| Subject | Tuco-tucos | pt_BR |
| e-ISSN | 1175-5334 | |
| Embargo date | 2030-01-01 | |
