Pilar tuco-tuco

Pilar tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Ctenomyidae
Genus:Ctenomys
Species: C. pilarensis
Binomial name
Ctenomys pilarensis
Contreras, 1993

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. 1 2 3 Bidau, C.; Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys pilarensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136289A4269637. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136289A4269637.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 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.


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