Furtive tuco-tuco

Furtive tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. occultus
Binomial name
Ctenomys occultus Thomas, 1920

The furtive tuco-tuco (Ctenomys occultus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Argentina.

References

1. Bidau, C.J. (2018). "Ctenomys occultus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T5817A22194328. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T5817A22194328.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• 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.