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Ctenomys talarum (Tuco-tuco)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Talas tuco-tuco (Ctenomys talarum) is a species of tuco-tuco endemic to eastern Argentina.
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Infraspecies

Ctenomys talarum antonii
Ctenomys talarum occidentalis
Ctenomys talarum recessus
Ctenomys talarum talarum

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.58
EDGE Score: 1.52
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  163 grams
Birth Weight [2]  8 grams
Female Weight [1]  145 grams
Male Weight [1]  181 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  24.8 %
Diet [3]  Herbivore
Forages - Ground [4]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  8 months 3 days
Male Maturity [2]  8 months 3 days
Gestation [2]  3 months 12 days
Litter Size [2]  4
Litters / Year [2]  1.5
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Weaning [2]  36 days

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Humid Pampas Argentina Neotropic Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Atlantico Mar Chiquita Nature Reserve VI 706059 Cordoba, Argentina  

Prey / Diet

Bromus catharticus (rescuegrass)[5]
Panicum racemosum[6]
Poa bonariensis[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Ctenomys australis (southern tuco-tuco)2

Predators

Asio flammeus (Short-eared Owl)[5]
Athene cunicularia (Burrowing Owl)[5]
Buteo polyosoma (Variable Hawk)[5]
Tyto alba (Barn Owl)[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Eulinognathus americanus[5]
Polygenis platensis platensis[7]
Trichuris bursacaudata <Unverified Name>[8]

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
♦ 2de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Hamish 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
♦ 5Ctenomys talarum, Enrique R. Justo, Luciano J. M. De Santis, and Marta S. Kin, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 730, pp. 1–5 (2003)
♦ 6Dietary preferences of two sympatric subterranean rodent populations in Argentina, VIVIANA M. COMPARATORE, M. SILVIA CID and CRISTINA BUSCH, Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 68: 197-206, 1995
♦ 7International Flea Database
♦ 8Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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