Forest tuco-tuco
| Forest tuco-tuco | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. sylvanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys sylvanus Thomas, 1919
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The forest tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sylvanus) was formerly considered a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Salta and southeast Jujuy Provinces in northwest Argentina.[1] The IUCN currently recognizes it as a subspecies of C. frater.[3]
References
- ^ a b Bidau, C.; Lessa, E.; Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys sylvanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
- ^ 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. p. 1569. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Vivar, E. (2018) [errata version of 2017 assessment]. "Ctenomys frater". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T115553730A123796865. Retrieved 26 December 2019.