Biology:Erika’s tuco-tuco

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Erika's tuco-tuco
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. erikacuellarae
Binomial name
Ctenomys erikacuellarae
(Gardner, Salazar-Bravo, & Cook, 2014)[1]

Erika's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys erikacuellarae), is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia.[2][1] Found only in the Cordillera Oriental mountain ranges in the Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca Departments, at elevations of around 810 to 1,800 metres (2,660 to 5,910 ft), the species measures around 287 millimetres (11 13 in) in length and has soft brown and ochraceous orange hair. It was named after Erika Cuéllar, a conservation biologist from Bolivia.[3]

The holotype is held at the Museum of Southwestern Biology at the University of New Mexico MSB:Mamm:63391

References

Wikidata ☰ Q17461017 entry