Vipos tuco-tuco
Appearance
Vipos tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenomyidae |
Genus: | Ctenomys |
Species: | C. viperinus
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Binomial name | |
Ctenomys viperinus Thomas, 1926
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The Vipos tuco-tuco (Ctenomys viperinus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to northern Tucumán Province in northern Argentina. The common name is a reference to the city of Vipos in the area.
References
[edit]- ^ Bidau, C.J. (2018). "Ctenomys viperinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136758A22195904. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T136758A22195904.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ 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. 1570. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.