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--> FAMILY Ctenomyidae
--> GENUS Ctenomys
SPECIES Ctenomys flamarioni
Author: | Travi, 1981. | Citation: | Iheringia, 60: 123. | Common Name: | Flamarion’s Tuco-tuco | Type Locality: | Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Estação Ecolóogica do Taim, Fazenda Caçapava. | Distribution: | Coastal sand dunes in Rio Grande do Sul, S Brazil. | Status: | Endangered from urbanization (Freitas, 1995). | Comments: | Karyotype has 2n=48 and FN=50-78 (Freitas, 1994). Freitas (1994) suggested that this species might belong to the mendocinus group. |
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