Biology:Yolanda's tuco-tuco

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Short description: Species of rodent

Yolanda's tuco-tuco
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. yolandae
Binomial name
Ctenomys yolandae
Contreras & Berry, 1984

Yolanda's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys yolandae) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] The species is endemic to Santa Fe Province, northeast Argentina , where it lives near the Paraná and San Javier rivers.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 50 and FN = 78.[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Yolanda Davis.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bidau, C.J.; Ojeda, R. (2019). "Ctenomys yolandae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136681A22196679. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136681A22196679.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136681/22196679. 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. pp. 1570. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400365. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903. http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA455. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1768710 entry