Mendoza Tuco-tuco

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Mendoza Tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: C. mendocinus
Binomial name
Ctenomys mendocinus
Philippi, 1869

The Mendoza Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys mendocinus) is a species of rodent in the Ctenomyidae family. It is endemic to Argentina.

[edit] References

  • Baillie, J. 1996. Ctenomys mendocinus. 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.
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