Ctenomys andersoni
| Anderson's cujuchi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Rodentia | 
| Family: | Ctenomyidae | 
| Genus: | Ctenomys | 
| Species: | C. andersoni | 
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys andersoni (Gardner, Salazar-Bravo, & Cook, 2014)[1] | |
Ctenomys andersoni, also called Anderson's cujuchi, is a species of tuco-tuco native to Bolivia.[2][1] Found only in Cerro Itahuaticua, Department of Santa Cruz, at an elevation of around 810 metres (2,700 ft), the species measures 271 millimetres (10+3⁄4 in) 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.[3]
References
- ^ a b Leslie Reed (17 July 2014). "Gardner leads discovery of four new tuco-tuco species". UNL Today. University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ Carson Vaughan (17 July 2014). "Found: 4 New Species of Gopher-Like Mammals". National Geographic. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ Gardner, Scott L.; Salazar-Bravo, Jorge; Cook, Joseph A. (17 June 2014). "New Species of Ctenomys Blainville 1826 (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae) from the Lowlands and Central Valleys of Bolivia" (PDF) (62). University of Nebraska State Museum: 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)