Ctenomys erikacuellarae
| Erika’s Tuco-Tuco | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder: | Hystricognathi |
| Parvorder: | Caviomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Octodontidae |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. erikacuellarae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys erikacuellarae (Gardner, Salazar-Bravo, & Cook, 2014)[1] | |
Ctenomys erikacuellarae, also called Erika’s Tuco-Tuco, 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 meters, the species measures around 287 millimeters in length and has soft brown and ochraceous orange hair. It was named after Erika Cuéllar, a conservation biologist from Bolivia.[3]
References
- 1 2 Leslie Reed (17 July 2014). "Gardner leads discovery of four new tuco-tuco species". UNL Today. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ↑ Carson Vaughan (17 July 2014). "Found: 4 New Species of Gopher-Like Mammals". National Geographic. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ↑ Gardner, Scott L.; Salazar-Bravo, Jorge; Cook, Joseph A. (17 June 2014). "New Species of Ctenomys Blainville 1826 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from the Lowlands and Central Valleys of Bolivia" (PDF) (62). University of Nebraska State Museum. p. 12. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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