Biology:Flamarion's tuco-tuco

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Short description: Species of rodent

Ctenomys flamarioni
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. flamarioni
Binomial name
Ctenomys flamarioni
Travi, 1981
Ctenomys flamarioni distribution.png

Flamarion's tuco-tuco[2] or the tuco-tuco of the dunes[1] (Ctenomys flamarioni) is a rodent species of the family Ctenomyidae[2] Its karyotype has 2n = 48 and FN = 50–78.[2] found in coastal dunes of Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil .[2] The species is threatened by habitat loss due to dune removal and urbanization.[1] It is named after Brazilian biologist Luiz Flamarion B. de Oliveira.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 de Frietas, T.; Weksler, M.; Catzeflis, F.; Percequillo, A. (2019). "Ctenomys flamarioni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136464A22196926. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136464A22196926.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136464/22196926. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 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. 1563. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400299. 
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903. http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA136. 


Wikidata ☰ Q1765606 entry