Highland Tuco-tuco
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C. o. luteolus Thomas, 1900 |
The Highland Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys opimus) is a species of rodent in the Ctenomyidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
[edit] References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Ctenomys opimus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- 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.
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