Lami 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. lami
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Binomial name | |
Ctenomys lami Freitas, 2001
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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]
Lami 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. lami
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Binomial name | |
Ctenomys lami Freitas, 2001
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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]