Yolanda's tuco-tuco

Yolanda's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys yolandae) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] The species is endemic to Santa Fe Province, northeast Argentina, where it lives near the Paraná and San Javier rivers.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 50 and FN = 78.[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Yolanda Davis.[3]

Yolanda's tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. yolandae
Binomial name
Ctenomys yolandae Contreras & Berry, 1984

References

1. Bidau, C.J.; Ojeda, R. (2019). "Ctenomys yolandae". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T136681A22196679. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136681A22196679.en. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1570. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.