Biology:Lessa's tuco-tuco
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Lessa’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. lessai
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys lessai (Gardner, Salazar-Bravo, & Cook, 2014)[1]
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Lessa's Tuco-Tuco (Ctenomys lessai) is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia.[2][1] Only found near Lluthu Pampa, Cochabamba Department, at elevations of around 2,500 to 2,750 meters, the species measures about 255 millimeters in length and has soft brown hair. It was named after Enrique P. Lessa.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leslie Reed (17 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. 25. http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/publications/specpubs/sps/SP62.pdf. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q17379748 entry
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