Ctenomys knighti

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CTENOMYIDAE

Scientific Name:	Ctenomys knighti
Species Authority:	Thomas, 1919
Common Name/s: English – Catamarca Tuco-tuco
Taxonomic Notes:	Cabrera (1961) believed viperinus synonymous with knighti.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Data Deficient     ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R.
Reviewer/s:	Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Justification: Listed as Data Deficient due to continuing uncertainty on the species distribution, threats and conservation measures. This species is suspected to be threatened, however, there is still very little information on its extent of occurrence, status and ecological requirement; thus it is not possible to assess the species against criteria for threat. Further taxonomic information may change species status in the future. It is known only from type locality.
History:	1996 – Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species occurs in western Argentina from the mountains of La Rioia Province north to Salta Province (Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005), above 2,000 m asl.
Countries:	Native: Argentina
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no information available on the population status of this species.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It occurs in highland grasslands (Ojeda pers. comm.).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

Habitat loss to agricultural expansion, in the form of potato plantations, is a threat to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in Parque Campo de los Alisos.

Bibliography [top]

Cabrera, A. 1961. Catílogo de los mam¡feros de America del Sur. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia 4: 309-732. Woods, C. A. and Kilpatrick, C. W. 2005. Infraorder Hystricognathi. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 1538-1599. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.