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Species of rodent From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys osvaldoreigi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to central Argentina, where it is known only from a grassland location in Cordoba Province at an elevation above 2000 m in the Sierras Grandes.[1] The species is threatened by disruption of its habitat by fire and sheep grazing.[1] It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).[3]
Reig's tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenomyidae |
Genus: | Ctenomys |
Species: | C. osvaldoreigi |
Binomial name | |
Ctenomys osvaldoreigi Contreras, 1995 | |