Flamarion's tuco-tuco

Ctenomys flamarioni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Ctenomyidae
Genus:Ctenomys
Species: C. flamarioni
Binomial name
Ctenomys flamarioni
Travi, 1981

Flamarion's tuco-tuco[2] or tuco-tuco of the dunes[1] (Ctenomys flamarioni) is a South American rodent species of the family Ctenomyidae.[2] Its karyotype has 2n = 48 and FN = 50–78.[2] It is found in coastal dunes of Rio Grande do Sul state, southern Brazil.[2] The species is threatened by habitat loss due to dune removal and urbanization.[1] It is named after Brazilian biologist Luiz Flamarion B. de Oliveira.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, A.; Bonvicino, C. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Ctenomys flamarioni". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136464A4295063. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136464A4295063.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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. 1563. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.


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