Ctenomys avitus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | †C. avitus
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| †Ctenomys avitus De Santi et. al., 2024
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Ctenomys avitus is an extinct species of Ctenomys that lived during the Pleistocene epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Ctenomys avitus fossils are known from Argentina.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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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