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Forest tuco-tuco

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Forest tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Ctenomyidae
Genus:
Ctenomys
Species:
C. sylvanus
Binomial name
Ctenomys sylvanus
Thomas, 1919

The forest tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sylvanus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Salta and southeast Jujuy Provinces in northwest Argentina.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Template:IUCN2008
  2. ^ 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.
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