Salta tuco-tuco

Salta tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species: C. saltarius
Binomial name
Ctenomys saltarius
Thomas, 1912

The Salta tuco-tuco (Ctenomys saltarius) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Argentina.

References

  1. Bidau, C.; Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys saltarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.


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