Haig's tuco-tuco

Haig's tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. haigi
Binomial name
Ctenomys haigi Thomas, 1917
Subspecies
C. h. haigiThomas, 1917 C. h. lentulusThomas, 1919

Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a hystricognath rodent. ^[2] Like other tuco-tucos it is subterranean and thus not often observed, although the "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burrow sites, especially in the early morning. Like most species in the genus Ctenomys, C. haigi are solitary, with one adult per burrow.

Haig's tuco-tuco is native to Argentine Patagonia. Its primary habitat is the Patagonian steppe, but it is also found in the Low Monte and Valdivian temperate rain forest ecoregions.

References

1. Bidau, C. (2016). "Ctenomys haigi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T5807A22193246. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T5807A22193246.en . Retrieved 11 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. 1564. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.

External links

• WWF Wildfinder Distribution of C. haigi
• Projeto tuco-tuco (in Portuguese)