Biology:Porteous's tuco-tuco
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Porteous's tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. porteousi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys porteousi Thomas, 1916
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Porteous's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys porteousi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Argentina . The species is named after Lieutenant Colonel John James Porteous (1857–1948) and his nephew Don Cecil John Montague Porteous (1884– 1953), who owned land in Argentina.[3]
References
- ↑ Bidau, C.; Lessa, E.; Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys porteousi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2008: e.T5823A11753930. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5823A11753930.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/5823/0. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ↑ 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. 1568. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400342.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 326. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903. http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA326.
Wikidata ☰ Q1769582 entry
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