Biology:Tympanoctomys
| Tympanoctomys | |
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| Plains viscacha rat, Tympanoctomys barrerae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Octodontidae |
| Genus: | Tympanoctomys Yepes, 1942[1] |
| Type species | |
| Octomys barrerae B. Lawrence, 1941
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| Species | |
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T. barrerae (B. Lawrence, 1941) | |
Tympanoctomys is a genus of rodent in the family Octodontidae. There are three extant species in the genus: T. barrerae,[2] T. kirchnerorum[3] and T. loschalchalerosorum.[4] T. loschalchalerosorum was formerly considered to be monotypic within the genus Salinoctomys, but has been shown by genetic analysis to nest within the variation of T. barrerae.[4]
All species are endemic to central western Argentina , where the genus has a fragmented range. Their natural habitat is desert scrubland, dunes and salt flats, where they eat halophyte plants. They are solitary, nocturnal rodents that construct large mounds with complex burrows.[3]
References
- ↑ Lawrence, B. (1941), "A new species of Octomys from Argentina", Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 18: 43–46.
- ↑ 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. pp. 1573. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400390.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pablo Teta; Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas; Daniel E. Udrizar Sauthier; Milton H. Gallardo (2014), "A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina", Journal of Mammalogy 95 (1): 60–71, doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-160, http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-160?journalCode=mamm
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Suárez-Villota, E. Y.; González-Wevar, C. A.; Gallardo, M. H.; Vásquez, R. A.; Poulin, E. (December 2016). "Filling phylogenetic gaps and the biogeographic relationships of the Octodontidae (Mammalia: Hystricognathi)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 105: 96–101. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.015.
Wikidata ☰ Q12268441 entry
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