Scaglia's tuco-tuco
Scaglia's tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenomyidae |
Genus: | Ctenomys |
Species: | C. scagliai |
Binomial name | |
Ctenomys scagliai Contreras, 1999 | |
Scaglia's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys scagliai) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to a locality in Tucumán Province, northern Argentina. The species is named after Argentine naturalist Galileo Juan Scaglia (1915–1989).[3] Its karyotype has 2n = 36 and FN = 64.[2]
References
- ↑ Bidau, C.; Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys scagliai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136568A4311824. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136568A4311824.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- 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. 1569. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
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