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Ctenomys roigi (Roig's tuco-tuco)

Wikipedia Abstract

Roig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys roigi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to a small region near the ParanĂ¡ River in Corrientes Province, northeastern Argentina, where lives on sand dunes, and near rivers. Development is degrading and shrinking this habitat, threatening the rodent's survival. The species is named after Argentine zoologist Virgilio G. Roig. Its karyotype has 2n = 48 and FN = 80.
View Wikipedia Record: Ctenomys roigi

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ctenomys roigi

Attributes

Forages - Ground [1]  100 %

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Hamish 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