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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Ctenomyidae
--> GENUS Ctenomys
SPECIES Ctenomys frater
| Author: | Thomas, 1902. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 185. | | Common Name: | Reddish Tuco-tuco | | Type Locality: | Bolivia, Potosí, Potosí 4300 m. | | Distribution: | SW Bolivia at 600-4,300 m. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Uncommon. | | Comments: | Woods (1993) included barbarus, budini, and utibilis but see Galliari et al. (1996). Argentine populations previously recognized as frater are here recognized as budini or sylvanus. Closely related to lewisi (Cook et al., 1990; Cook and Yates, 1994; Lessa and Cook, 1998). Karyotype has 2n=52 and FN=78 (Cook et al., 1990). |
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