Tawny tuco-tuco

Tawny tuco-tuco
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: C. fulvus
Binomial name
Ctenomys fulvus
Philippi, 1860
Subspecies

C. f. fulvus Philippi, 1860
C. f. robustus Philippi, 1896

The tawny tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fulvus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is found in Argentina and Chile.

References

  1. Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys fulvus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 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. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.