Yolanda's tuco-tuco

Yolanda's tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
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 rivers.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 50 and FN = 78.[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Yolanda Davis.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys yolandae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  2. 1 2 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. 1570. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  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.
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