Budin's tuco-tuco

Budin'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. budini
Binomial name
Ctenomys budini
Thomas, 1913

Budin's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys budini) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to southeast Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina.[2] Given the extensive human presence in its limited range, it is suspected to be threatened.[1] It is viewed as possibly being a subspecies of C. frater.[1] The species is named after Emilio Budin, an Argentine specimen collector who worked with Oldfield Thomas.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys budini. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Woods, C. A.; Kilpatrick, C. W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1562. 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. 62. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.