Goodfellow's tuco-tuco
Goodfellow's tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenomyidae |
Genus: | Ctenomys |
Species: | C. goodfellowi
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Binomial name | |
Ctenomys goodfellowi Thomas, 1921
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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]