Conover's tuco-tuco

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Conover's tuco-tuco
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. conoveri
Binomial name
Ctenomys conoveri
Osgood, 1946

Conover's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys conoveri) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. [2] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.

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References

  1. Dunnum, J.; Bernal, N. (2016). "Ctenomys conoveri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T5802A22192609. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T5802A22192609.en . Retrieved 12 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. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.