Reig's tuco-tuco

Reig's tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. osvaldoreigi
Binomial name
Ctenomys osvaldoreigi Contreras, 1995

Reig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys osvaldoreigi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to central Argentina, where it is known only from a grassland location in Cordoba Province at an elevation above 2000 m in the Sierras Grandes.[1] The species is threatened by disruption of its habitat by fire and sheep grazing.[1] It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).[3]

References

1. Bidau, C.J. (2018). "Ctenomys osvaldoreigi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136390A22195057. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136390A22195057.en. Retrieved 19 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. 1567. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (28 September 2009). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.