Haig's Tuco-tuco
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 Female Patagonian Tuco-tuco
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| Ctenomys haigi (Thomas, 1917) |
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C. h. haigi Thomas, 1917 |
Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a South American hystricomorph rodent. Like other tuco-tucos it is subterranean and thus not often observed, although the "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burrow sites, especially in early morning. Like most species in the genus Ctenomys, C. haigi are solitary, with one adult per burrow.
Haig's tuco-tuco is native to both Argentine and Chilean Patagonia. Its primary habitat is the Patagonian steppe, but it is also found in Low Monte and Valdivian temperate rain forests ecoregions.
[edit] References
- Baillie (1996). Ctenomys haigi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
