Editor’s note for the research article

Editorial

A new living species of the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from central-western Argentina

Uwe Fritz^‡

‡ Museum of Zoology, Senckenberg Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Corresponding author: Uwe Fritz ( uwe.fritz@senckenberg.de )

Academic editor: Uwe Fritz

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Fritz U (2026) Editor’s note for the research article. Vertebrate Zoology 76: 183-183. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.76.e194750

On 8 March 2024, Vertebrate Zoology published a research article “A new living species of the genus Ctenomys (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from central-western Argentina” by Alvarado-Larios et al. (https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.74.e115242). On 11 December 2024, an Editorial Expression of Concern (https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.74.e144189) alerted readers that doubts have been voiced about the validity of the cited Research Permit (RES ANP EX-483484-2020) for the investigations by Alvarado-Larios et al. (2024). In the meantime, two decisions (resoluciones) have been issued by the Provincia de Mendoza, República Argentina, that resolve this situation (RESOL-2025-623-E-GDEMZA-BIOECO, RESOL-2025-644-E-GDEMZA-BIOECO) in combination with a letter by Nuria Ojeda of the Ministerio de Energía y Ambiente, Subsecretaría de Ambiente, Provinicia de Mendoza, República Argentina, dated to 11 February 2026 (NO-2026-01111240-GDEMZA-ENERGAMB). The authors have corrected the Acknowledgment section of their paper as described in the Corrigendum (Alvarado-Larios et al. 2026, https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.76.e194570). This change has addressed previous concerns, which is why Vertebrate Zoology has rescinded the Editorial Expression of Concern.

Uwe Fritz

Editor-in-Chief, Vertebrate Zoology