Highland tuco-tuco
| Highland tuco-tuco | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. opimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys opimus Wagner, 1848 | |
| Subspecies | |
|
C. o. luteolus Thomas, 1900 | |
The highland tuco-tuco (Ctenomys opimus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.
References
- ↑ Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, N., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B. (2008). Ctenomys opimus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ↑ 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. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.