Strong tuco-tuco
| Strong tuco-tuco | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. validus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys validus Contreras, Roig & Suzarte, 1977 | |
The strong tuco-tuco (Ctenomys validus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina.
References
- ↑ Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys validus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. pp 1538–1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.