Collared tuco-tuco

Collared tuco-tuco
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: C. torquatus
Binomial name
Ctenomys torquatus
Lichtenstein, 1830

The collared tuco-tuco, Ctenomys torquatus, is a tuco-tuco species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Uruguay.

References

  1. Lessa, E. & Bidau, C. (2008). Ctenomys torquatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.