Porteous's tuco-tuco
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| Species: | C. porteousi
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| Ctenomys porteousi Thomas, 1916
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Porteous's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys porteousi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Argentina. The species is named after Lieutenant Colonel John James Porteous (1857–1948) and his nephew Don Cecil John Montague Porteous (1884– 1953), who owned land in Argentina.[3]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2008
- ^ 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. 1568. 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. 326. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
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