Ctenomys avitus

Ctenomys avitus; Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	†C. avitus
Binomial name
	†Ctenomys avitus; De Santi et. al., 2024

Last updated March 16, 2025

Ctenomys avitus is an extinct species of Ctenomys that lived during the Pleistocene epoch.

Distribution

Ctenomys avitus fossils are known from Argentina.^[1]

References

↑ De Santi, Nahuel A.; Olivares, A. Itatí; Piñero, Pedro; Villoldo, J. Ariel Fernández; Verzi, Diego H. (18 September 2024). "An exceptionally well-preserved fossil rodent of the South American subterranean clade Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Phylogeny and adaptive profile". Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 31 (3). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09732-5. ISSN 1064-7554 . Retrieved 20 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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[1] De Santi, Nahuel A.; Olivares, A. Itatí; Piñero, Pedro; Villoldo, J. Ariel Fernández; Verzi, Diego H. (18 September 2024). "An exceptionally well-preserved fossil rodent of the South American subterranean clade Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae). Phylogeny and adaptive profile". Journal of Mammalian Evolution . 31 (3). doi:10.1007/s10914-024-09732-5. ISSN 1064-7554 . Retrieved 20 February 2025– via Springer Nature Link.

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