Lami tuco-tuco

Lami tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. lami
Binomial name
Ctenomys lami Freitas, 2001

The Lami tuco-tuco (Ctenomys lami) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. ^[2] It is endemic to an area in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil, where it is found in the vicinity of sand dunes. ^[1] The species is threatened by urbanization and the conversion of its habitat to agricultural use. ^[1] Swamp drainage has led to a zone of hybridization with a neighboring population of C. minutus . ^[1]

References

1. Bidau, C.J. (2018). "Ctenomys lami". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T136567A22196245. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136567A22196245.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. 1565. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.