Argentine tuco-tuco

Argentine tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.J. (2019). "Ctenomys argentinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T5795A22191874. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T5795A22191874.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.