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Taxonomic work corrects authorship and localities for Ctenomys species in Paraguay and Argentina, highlighting their importance.
Julio R. Contreras (1933–2017) was an Argentinian naturalist who dedicated a great part of his life in the study of the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia, Ctenomyidae), particularly in Argentina and Paraguay, describing several new species. In this paper we complement the taxonomic work of Contreras, offering some corrections to the authorship of Ctenomys argentinus and Ctenomys paraguayensis . We restrict the type locality of the Paraguayan endemic Ctenomys dorsalis and provide the basis in the Code of Zoological Nomenclature that demonstrates the validity of the name Ctenomys pilarensis Contreras, 1993.
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