Mottled tuco-tuco
| Mottled tuco-tuco | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. latro |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys latro Thomas, 1918 | |
The mottled tuco-tuco (Ctenomys latro) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
References
- ↑ Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys latro. 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.