Magellanic Tuco-tuco | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenomyidae |
Genus: | Ctenomys |
Species: | C. magellanicus |
Binomial name | |
Ctenomys magellanicus Bennett, 1836 |
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Subspecies | |
C. m. dicki Osgood, 1943 |
The Magellanic Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Also known as the cururo by the Ona culture of Tierra del Fuego.