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Ctenomys andersoni

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Mammalia

Family
  
Ctenomyidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Ctenomys

Similar
  
Thomasomys, Neacomys, Oecomys, Hocicudo, Necromys

El cujuchi de anderson ctenomys andersoni fauna de bolivia


Ctenomys andersoni, also called Anderson's cujuchi, is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia. Found only in Cerro Itahuaticua, Department of Santa Cruz, at an elevation of around 810 meters, the species measures 271 millimeters in length and has coarse brown and grey hair. It was named after Sydney Anderson, curator of the Department of Mammalogy at the American Museum of Natural History.

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Ctenomys andersoni Wikipedia