Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco

Sierra Tontal 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. tulduco
Binomial name
Ctenomys tulduco
Thomas, 1921

The Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco (Ctenomys tulduco) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is known only from a small locality in the Sierra del Tontal, San Juan Province, west central Argentina.

References

  1. Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys tulduco. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 19 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. 1570. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.