Argentine tuco-tuco

Argentine tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: C. argentinus
Binomial name
Ctenomys argentinus
Contreras & Berry, 1982

The Argentine tuco-tuco (Ctenomys argentinus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Argentina.

References

  1. Bidau, C. & Lessa, E. (2008). Ctenomys argentinus. 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: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1561. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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