Goodfellow's tuco-tuco

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Goodfellow's tuco-tuco

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. goodfellowi
Binomial name
Ctenomys goodfellowi
Thomas, 1921

Goodfellow's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys goodfellowi) is a species of

Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Bolivia, where it is found in the Chiquitano dry forest ecoregion, bordering on the cerrado.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 46 and FN = 68.[2] The species is named after British collector Walter Goodfellow.[3]

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