Redefining the Distributional Boundaries and Phylogenetic Relationships for Ctenomids From Central Argentina.

ABSTRACT: With about 68 recognized living species, subterranean rodents of the genus Ctenomys are found in a multiplicity of habitats, from the dunes of the Atlantic coast to the Andes Mountains, including environments ranging from humid steppes of Pampas to the dry deserts of Chaco region. However, this genus needs an exhaustive reevaluation of its systematic and phylogenetic relationships regarding the different groups that compose it. This knowledge is essential to propose biodiversity conservation strategies both at species level and at higher hierarchical levels. In order to clarify the taxonomy and the recent evolutionary history from populations of Ctenomys in the Pampas region, Argentina, phylogenetic relationships among them were evaluated using mitochondrial DNA sequences: ge

SUBMITTER: Carnovale CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8372524 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature