Catonyx cuvieri Lund, 1839
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene
Distribution
South America
Biology & Ecology
It was a digger (Santos et al., 2023).
Hypodigm
Media
References
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