Yolanda's tuco-tuco
| Yolanda's tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. yolandae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys yolandae Contreras & Berry, 1984
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Yolanda's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys yolandae) is a species of
Ctenomyidae.[2] The species is endemic to Santa Fe Province, northeast Argentina, where it lives near the Paraná and San Javier rivers.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 50 and FN = 78.[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Yolanda Davis.[3]