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This study is aimed to identify the distinctive ichnologic features of burrow systems of two ctenomyid species of extant solitary and subterranean rodents ( Ctenomys azarae  and  C. talarum occidentalis ) from La Pampa Province (Argentina). A total of 12 active burrows from different biogeographic provinces were cast with polyurethane foam, then excavated and the entire system was mapped. Ctenomyid burrow systems are shallow (average depth 0.30 m), branched, and subhorizontal with several plugged entrances, having a main tunnel and secondary ones arranged in a single level. Curved length, tortuosity, fractal dimension branching angles, and the scarcity or absence of chambers are similar in both species. The average horizontal diameter is 66 mm, the burrow cross-section is subcircular to vertical elliptical, and entrance ramps slope at an average of 22°. Surface ornamentation in the form of sets of three curved claw traces composing a chevron pattern is dominant.  Ctenomys azarae  is distinguished from  C. talarum occidentalis  by the presence of food caches and wider sets of claw traces. Ctenomyidae burrows are easily distinguished from those of Octodontidae and Caviidae using the relative diameter index. The outlined criteria are applied to identify fossil examples of Late Miocene-Holocene ctenomyid burrows.

Burrow systems of modern subterranean rodents (Ctenomyidae): key neoichnologic features and recognition of fossil examples