Mottled tuco-tuco

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Mottled tuco-tuco
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. latro
Binomial name
Ctenomys latro
Thomas, 1918

The mottled tuco-tuco (Ctenomys latro) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. [2] It is endemic to Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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References

  1. Bidau, C.J. (2019). "Ctenomys latro". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T5809A22193629. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T5809A22193629.en . Retrieved 16 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.