Yates' tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenomyidae |
Genus: | Ctenomys |
Species: | C. yatesi
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Binomial name | |
Ctenomys yatesi Gardner, Salazar-Bravo, & Cook, 2014[1]
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Ctenomys yatesi, also called Yates' tuco-tuco, is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia.[2][1] Only found near Roboré, Department of Santa Cruz, at an elevation of around 550 metres (1,800 ft), individuals of this species measure about 220 millimetres (8+3⁄4 in) in length and have soft hazel and grey hair. The species was named after Terry Yates, a former curator at the University of New Mexico.[3]
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