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Ctenomys mendocinus Philippi, 1869. Arch. Naturg., 1:38. TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Mendoza Prov., Mendoza. DISTRIBUTION: East of the mountains from Salta Prov. to Chubut (Argentina). COMMENT: Formerly included azarae, latro, occultus, and tucumanus; see Roig and Reig, 1969, Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 30:670, and Reig et al., 1966, Contr. Cient. Fac. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Nat. Univ. Buenos Aires (Zool.), 2:299-352. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410027001013001.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 6), pp. 560-594 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 584, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353039