Lami tuco-tuco
| Lami tuco-tuco | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys lami. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
- ↑ Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1565. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.