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Ctenomys fodax (Lago Blanco tuco-tuco)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lago Blanco tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fodax) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is known only from the Lago Blanco area in southern Argentina. Its karyotype has 2n = 28 and FN = 42.
View Wikipedia Record: Ctenomys fodax

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  163 grams
Birth Weight [1]  8 grams
Female Weight [1]  145 grams
Male Weight [1]  181 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  24.8 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  7 months 18 days
Male Maturity [1]  7 months 3 days
Gestation [1]  3 months 13 days
Litter Size [1]  4
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  9 inches (22 cm)

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0