Lami tuco-tuco
Appearance
Lami tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenomyidae |
Genus: | Ctenomys |
Species: | C. lami
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Binomial name | |
Ctenomys lami Freitas, 2001
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The Lami tuco-tuco (Ctenomys lami) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to an area in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, where it is found in the vicinity of sand dunes.[1] The species is threatened by urbanization and the conversion of its habitat to agricultural use.[1] Swamp drainage has led to a zone of hybridization with a neighboring population of C. minutus.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Bidau, C.J. (2018). "Ctenomys lami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136567A22196245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136567A22196245.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1565. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.