Foch's tuco-tuco

Foch's tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. fochi
Binomial name
Ctenomys fochi Thomas, 1919

Foch's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fochi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. ^[2] It is endemic to northwestern Argentina, where it is known from southwestern Catamarca Province. The species is named after World War I general Ferdinand Foch. ^[3]

References

1. Ojeda, R. (2019). "Ctenomys fochi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T136499A22193166. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136499A22193166.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. pp. 1563–1564. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 138. ISBN   978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC   270129903.