Coyhaique tuco-tuco

Coyhaique 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. coyhaiquensis
Binomial name
Ctenomys coyhaiquensis
Kelt & Gallardo, 1994

The Coyhaique tuco-tuco (Ctenomys coyhaiquensis) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to southern Chile. The name comes from the Chilean province and municipality of Coyhaique.

References

  1. Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys coyhaiquensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  2. 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.