Peruvian tuco-tuco

Peruvian 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. peruanus
Binomial name
Ctenomys peruanus Sanborn & Pearson, 1947

The Peruvian tuco-tuco (Ctenomys peruanus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to Peru and Bolivia.

References

1. Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Ctenomys peruanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T5821A22194718. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T5821A22194718.en . Retrieved 11 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.