Goodfellow's tuco-tuco

Goodfellow's tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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 rodent in the family 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]

References

1. Roach, N.; Naylor, L. (2016). "Ctenomys goodfellowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136607A22196835. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136607A22196835.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1564. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 158–9. ISBN   978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC   270129903.