Mottled tuco-tuco

Mottled 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. 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 and Uruguay. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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.