Biology:Pilar tuco-tuco
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Pilar tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. pilarensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys pilarensis Contreras, 1993
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The Pilar tuco-tuco (Ctenomys pilarensis) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is found in Ñeembucú and Misiones Departments in southern Paraguay, east of the city of Pilar.[1] The species lives in areas with sandy soil. It is present in a few isolated populations and is threatened by conversion of its habitat to agriculture and its treatment as a pest.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 48 or 50 and FN = 50.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bidau, C.J. (2019). "Ctenomys pilarensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T136289A22195989. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T136289A22195989.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136289/22195989. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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=13400340.
Wikidata ☰ Q1762664 entry
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