MammalBase - Accepted taxon: Ctenomys mendocinus

Accepted taxon: Ctenomys mendocinus
Taxon:	Ctenomys mendocinus
Rank:	Species
Higher Classification:	RODENTIA \| HYSTRICOMORPHA \| HYSTRICOGNATHI \| Ctenomyidae \| Ctenomys
Reference:	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed), JHU Press, 2005.

Table 1. List of Diet Items for Ctenomys mendocinus.
TSN Complete name	Part	Ratio ^a.	Reference(s)
There are no Diet Items available.

^a. Standardized values. See details for the calculations in Lintulaakso, K., Tatti, N. and Žliobaitė, I., 2022. Quantifying mammalian diets. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-15. [DOI]

Table 2. List of Standard Traits for Ctenomys mendocinus.
Trait	Selected Value	All Value(s)	Reference(s)
Dietary category: Miljutin 2009	Herbivore	Herbivore	– Ricardo A. Ojeda, Pedro G. Blendinger, Roland Brandl, 2000, 'Mammals in South American drylands: faunal similarity and trophic structure', Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 115-123

Table 3. List of Standard Measurements for Ctenomys mendocinus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
Body Mass (BM)	nan	g	-	-	-	-	108	-	253	-	Freudenth…

Table 4. List of other Measurements ^b. for Ctenomys mendocinus.
Measurement	Location	Unit	n Total	n Unknown	n Female	n Male	Min	Mean	Max	SD	Reference(s)
BB braincase breadth	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	16	17	18	1	Mapelli, …
CIL condylo-incisive length	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	38	42	46	2	Mapelli, …
DL upper diastema length	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	7	11	13	1	Mapelli, …
FL frontal length	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	10	12	13	1	Mapelli, …
IFH infraorbital foramen height	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	7	8	9	1	Mapelli, …
IOC interorbital constriction	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	8	8	9	0	Mapelli, …
MB mastoid breadth	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	23	25	27	1	Mapelli, …
NL nasal length	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	13	14	17	1	Mapelli, …
NW nasal width	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	6	6	7	0	Mapelli, …
PL palatal length	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	17	19	21	1	Mapelli, …
PM4L upper fourth premolar length	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	3	3	4	0	Mapelli, …
RW rostral width	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	9	10	11	1	Mapelli, …
TLS total length of the skull	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	39	43	47	3	Mapelli, …
TRL upper toothrow length	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	8	9	10	0	Mapelli, …
ZB greatest zygomatic breadth	Argentina	mm	13	13	-	-	22	25	28	2	Mapelli, …
BB, braincase breadth		mm	33	33	-	-	15	17	22	1	Teta, P.,…
CIL, condylo-incisive length		mm	33	33	-	-	36	40	46	3	Teta, P.,…
DL, upper diastema length		mm	33	33	-	-	7	10	13	1	Teta, P.,…
FL, frontal length		mm	33	33	-	-	10	12	14	1	Teta, P.,…
IFH, infraorbital foramen height		mm	33	33	-	-	6	7	9	1	Teta, P.,…
IOC, interorbital constriction		mm	33	33	-	-	7	8	9	0	Teta, P.,…
MB, mastoid breadth		mm	33	33	-	-	20	24	27	1	Teta, P.,…
NL, nasal length		mm	33	33	-	-	12	14	17	1	Teta, P.,…
NW, nasal width		mm	33	33	-	-	5	6	7	0	Teta, P.,…
PL, palatal length		mm	33	33	-	-	15	18	21	1	Teta, P.,…
PM4L, upper fourth premolar length		mm	33	33	-	-	3	3	4	0	Teta, P.,…
RW, rostral width		mm	33	33	-	-	8	9	11	1	Teta, P.,…
TLS, total length of the skull		mm	33	33	-	-	37	41	47	3	Teta, P.,…
TRL, upper toothrow length		mm	33	33	-	-	8	9	10	1	Teta, P.,…
UIW, upper incisors width		mm	33	33	-	-	5	6	7	1	Teta, P.,…
ZB, greatest zygomatic breadth		mm	33	33	-	-	21	24	28	2	Teta, P.,…

^b. other Measurements. Source Measurements which are not listed on or mapped with the Standard Traits..

Table 5. List of Data Sources for Ctenomys mendocinus.
Taxon	Reference	Match	Status
Ctenomys mendocinus	Ojeda,R. A., 2001, Mammals in South American drylands: faunal similarity and trophic structure, Global Ecology and Biogeography	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ctenomys mendocinus	Mapelli, F.J., Teta, P., Contreras, F., Pereyra, D., Priotto, J.W. and Coda, J.A., 2022. Looking under stones: A new Ctenomys species from the rocky foothills of the Sierras Grandes of central Argentina. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, pp.1-18.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ctenomys mendocinus	Teta, P., Jayat, J.P., Alvarado-Larios, R., Ojeda, A.A., Cuello, P. and D’Elía, G., 2023. An appraisal of the species richness of the Ctenomys mendocinus species group (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae), with the description of two new species from the Andean slopes of west-central Argentina. Vertebrate Zoology, 73, pp.451-474.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted
Ctenomys mendocinus	Freudenthal, M. and Martín-Suárez, E., 2013. Estimating body mass of fossil rodents. Scripta Geologica, 145, pp.1-513.	1: Exact Taxon match	Verified - Accepted

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