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Ctenomys bergi (Berg's tuco-tuco)

Wikipedia Abstract

Berg's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys bergi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae, named after the Latvian-Argentine biologist Frederico Guillermo Carlos Berg. It is endemic to northwestern Córdoba Province in central Argentina. Its habitat is grassy areas overlying sand dunes. The species is threatened by the degradation and severe fragmentation of its small habitat.
View Wikipedia Record: Ctenomys bergi

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ctenomys bergi

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  163 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 3 days
Male Maturity [1]  7 months 3 days
Gestation [1]  3 months 1 day
Maximum Longevity [1]  2 years

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