Yolanda's tuco-tuco

Yolanda's tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Ctenomyidae
Genus:Ctenomys
Species: C. yolandae
Binomial name
Ctenomys yolandae
Contreras & Berry, 1984

Yolanda's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys yolandae) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] The species is endemic to Santa Fe Province, northeast Argentina, where it lives near the Paraná and San Javier rivers.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 50 and FN = 78.[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Yolanda Davis.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bidau, C.; Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys yolandae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136681A4327072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136681A4327072.en. Retrieved 13 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. 1570. 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. 455. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.


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