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Ctenomys

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Also known as tuco-tuco

A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. Tuco-tucos belong to the only living genus of the family Ctenomyidae, Ctenomys, but they include approximately 60 different species. The common name, "tuco-tuco", comes from the "tuc-tuc" sound they make while they dig their burrows.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderRodentia
  5. FamilyCtenomyidae
Observations recorded8,084

栉鼠是单型科栉鼠科(Ctenomyidae)下啮齿类动物的统称,种类很多,分布于南美洲。 银色栉鼠(Ctenomys argentinus) 南栉鼠(Ctenomys australis) 阿扎利栉鼠(Ctenomys azarae) 玻利维亚栉鼠(Ctenomys boliviensis) 博氏栉鼠(Ctenomys bonettoi) 巴西栉鼠(Ctenomys brasiliensis) 考崩栉鼠(Ctenomys colburni) 柯氏栉鼠(Ctenomys conoveri) 巴拉圭栉鼠(Ctenomys dorsalis) 安第斯栉鼠(Ctenomys emilianus) 仲栉鼠(Ctenomys frater) 金栉鼠(Ctenomys fulvus) 黑氏栉鼠(Ctenomys haigi) 塔科栉鼠(Ctenomys knighti) 寇栉鼠(Ctenomys latro) 白齿栉鼠(Ctenomys leucodon) 刘氏栉鼠(Ctenomys lewisi) 巴塔戈尼亚栉鼠(Ctenomys magellanicus) 暗黑栉鼠(Ctenomys maulinus) 门多隆栉鼠(Ctenomys mendocinus) 小栉鼠(Ctenomys minutus) 耐氏栉鼠(Ctenomys nattereri) 查科栉鼠(Ctenomys occultus) 肥栉鼠(Ctenomys opimus) 皮氏栉鼠(Ctenomys pearsoni) 佩里栉鼠(Ctenomys perrensis) 秘鲁栉鼠(Ctenomys peruanus) 海栉鼠(Ctenomys pontifex) 包氏栉鼠(Ctenomys porteousi) 跳栉鼠(Ctenomys saltarius) 丝栉鼠(Ctenomys sericeus) 阿根廷栉鼠(Ctenomys sociabilis) 史氏栉鼠(Ctenomys steinbachi) 蓝栉鼠(Ctenomys talarum) 项圈栉鼠(Ctenomys torquatus) 袋形栉鼠(Ctenomys tuconax) 坑栉鼠(Ctenomys tucumanus) 真栉鼠(Ctenomys validus) 参考资料 中国生物多样性信息中心动物学分部[永久失效連結] 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=栉鼠&oldid=48662504” 分类:栉鼠 隐藏分类: 本地相关图片与维基数据不同 自2018年3月带有失效链接的条目 条目有永久失效的外部链接

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
337
With media
5
Family
Ctenomyidae
Collections
USNM, UCLA, OMNH, NHMUK, MSU
Recorded in
Argentina, Chile

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Anatomy
  • Distribution
  • Habitat
  • Behavior
  • Food
  • Courtship
  • Diversity
  • Human impact
  • Indigenous people
  • Species
  • References

A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. Tuco-tucos belong to the only living genus of the family Ctenomyidae, Ctenomys, but they include approximately 60 different species. The common name, "tuco-tuco", comes from the "tuc-tuc" sound they make while they dig their burrows.

The relationships among the species are debated by taxonomists. It has been described that they are in a state of "taxonomic chaos", but banded karyotypes have been used to help make progress on their taxonomic study. Their closest relatives are degus and other octodontids. All species of tuco-tucos are found in South America from Peru and central Brazil southward. The tuco-tucos of South America have an ecological role equivalent to that of the pocket gophers of North America.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ctenomys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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