Ctenomys boliviensis - #1179
Bolivian Tuco-tuco
Lateral view of skulls and mandibles of Ctenomys boliviensis (right, No. 59442) and Cratogeomys castanops (left), illustrating histricomorph (Ctenomys) and sciuromorph (Cratogeomys) cranial characters
Geographic Distribution
Santa Cruz Dept. (C Bolivia), Mato Grosso (SW Brazil), W Paraguay, and Formosa Prov., Argentina
Order/Family
Ctenomyidae
Genus
Ctenomys
Specific Epithet
boliviensis
Image Location
USA, NM, Bernalillo Co., Albuquerque, University of New Mexico, Museum of Southwestern Biology (59442 from Bolivia, Santa Cruz, 10 km SE Montero, 17.25 S., 63.11 W)
Image Date
1991
Photographer
RB Forbes