Biology:Goodfellow's tuco-tuco

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Short description: Species of rodent

Goodfellow's tuco-tuco
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. goodfellowi
Binomial name
Ctenomys goodfellowi
Thomas, 1921

Goodfellow's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys goodfellowi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Bolivia, where it is found in the Chiquitano dry forest ecoregion, bordering on the cerrado.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 46 and FN = 68.[2] The species is named after British collector Walter Goodfellow.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Ctenomys goodfellowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136607A22196835. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136607A22196835.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136607/22196835. 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. 1564. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400308. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 158–9. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903. http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA158. 


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