Erika's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys erikacuellarae''), is a species of

tuco-tuco A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.Parada, A., G. D’Elia, C.J. Bidau, and E.P. Lessa. 2011. Species Groups and the Evolutionary Diversification of Tuco-Tucos, genus ''Ctenomys'' (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). ''Journal of M ...

native to

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. Found only in the Cordillera Oriental mountain ranges in the Santa Cruz and Chuquisaca Departments, at elevations of around , the species measures around in length and has soft brown and ochraceous orange hair. It was named after Erika Cuéllar, a

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. The

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is held at the

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at the

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References

Endemic fauna of Bolivia Mammals of Bolivia Tuco-tucos Mammals described in 2014 {{rodent-stub