- Pearson's Tuco-tuco
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Pearson's Tuco-tuco Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Ctenomyidae Genus: Ctenomys Species: C. pearsoni Binomial name Ctenomys pearsoni
Lessa & Langguth, 1983Pearson's Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys pearsoni) is a species of rodent in the Ctenomyidae family. It is endemic to Uruguay.
References
- ^ Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys pearsoni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
Categories:- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Rodent stubs
- Tuco-tucos
- Fauna of Uruguay
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