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Ctenomys occultus (furtive tuco-tuco)

Wikipedia Abstract

The furtive tuco-tuco (Ctenomys occultus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.It is endemic to Argentina.
View Wikipedia Record: Ctenomys occultus

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ctenomys occultus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
44
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.58
EDGE Score: 3.6
Learn more at EDGE of Existence programme

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

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Dry Chaco Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests
Southern Andean Yungas Bolivia, Argentina Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Agilares Argentina

Biodiversity Hotspots

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

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
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
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
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