Reddish Tuco-tuco

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Reddish Tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: C. frater
Binomial name
Ctenomys frater
Thomas, 1902
Subspecies

C. f. frater Thomas, 1902
C. f. mordosus (Thomas, 1926)

The Reddish Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys frater) is a species of rodent in the Ctenomyidae family. It is found in Bolivia.[1] It's conservation status was accessed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN in 1996.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ (2005-11-16) in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Baillie, J. 1996. Ctenomys frater. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 29 July 2007.