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SPECIES Ctenomys leucodon
Author: | Waterhouse, 1848. | Citation: | Nat. Hist. Mamm., 2: 281. | Common Name: | White-toothed Tuco-tuco | Type Locality: | Bolivia, La Paz Dept., San Andres de Machaca. | Distribution: | W Bolivia and E Peru around Lake Titicaca. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Osgood (1946) suggested that this taxon was distinct at the subgeneric level (Haptomys) and sequence analysis is consistant with that suggestion (Lessa and Cook, 1998). Karyotype has 2n=36 and FN=68 (Cook et al., 1990). |
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