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Ctenomys mendocinus (Mendoza tuco-tuco)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Mendoza tuco-tuco (Ctenomys mendocinus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 6.09
EDGE Score: 1.96
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  163 grams
Female Weight [3]  145 grams
Male Weight [3]  181 grams
Weight Dimorphism [3]  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
Litter Size [3]  3
Maximum Longevity [1]  2 years

Ecoregions

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Calomys lepidus (desert woodrat)1
Dolichotis patagonum (Patagonian cavy)1
Eligmodontia moreni (Monte gerbil mouse)2
Microcavia australis (southern mountain cavy)1
Peromyscus leucopus (white-footed mouse)1

Consumers

Range Map

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
♦ 3Ctenomys mendocinus, María I. Rosi, Mónica I. Cona, Virgilio G. Roig, Alicia I. Massarini, and Diego H. Verzi, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 777, pp. 1-6 (2005)
♦ 4International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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