Biology:Berg's tuco-tuco

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Short description: Species of rodent

Berg's tuco-tuco
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. bergi
Binomial name
Ctenomys bergi
Thomas, 1902

Berg's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys bergi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae,[2] named after the Latvian-Argentine biologist Frederico Guillermo Carlos Berg.[3] It is endemic to northwestern Córdoba Province in central Argentina .[2] Its habitat is grassy areas overlying sand dunes.[1] The species is threatened by the degradation and severe fragmentation of its small habitat.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bidau, C.J. (2019). "Ctenomys bergi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136687A22196510. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136687A22196510.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136687/22196510. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1561. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400282. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903. http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA39. 


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