Biology:Ctenomys yatesi
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Yates' 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. yatesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys yatesi Gardner, Salazar-Bravo, & Cook, 2014[1]
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Ctenomys yatesi, also called Yates' tuco-tuco, is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia.[2][1] Only found near Roboré, Department of Santa Cruz, at an elevation of around 550 metres (1,800 ft), individuals of this species measure about 220 millimetres (8 3⁄4 in) in length and have soft hazel and grey hair. The species was named after Terry Yates, a former curator at the University of New Mexico.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leslie Reed (18 July 2014). "Gardner leads discovery of four new tuco-tuco species". University of Nebraska–Lincoln. http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/unltoday/article/gardner-leads-discovery-of-four-new-tuco-tuco-species/.
- ↑ Carson Vaughan (17 July 2014). "Found: 4 New Species of Gopher-Like Mammals". http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/07/140717-tuco-tucos-gopher-rodent-mammal-bolivia-andes-dna-biodiversity/.
- ↑ 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. University of Nebraska State Museum. p. 21. http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/publications/specpubs/sps/SP62.pdf. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q17460861 entry
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