San Juan tuco-tuco

San Juan tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: C. johannis
Binomial name
Ctenomys johannis
Thomas, 1921

The San Juan tuco-tuco (Ctenomys johannis) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to west central Argentina, where it is known only from southern San Juan Province.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys johannis. 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: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1565. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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