Magellanic Tuco-tuco
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C. m. dicki Osgood, 1943 |
The Magellanic Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus) is a species of rodent in the Ctenomyidae family. It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. Also known as the cururo by the Ona culture of Tierra del Fuego.
[edit] References
- Amori, G. 2000. Ctenomys magellanicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
- Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
- Wilson, David. Indigenous South Americans of the Past and Present. Westview Press, 1999.
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