Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco

Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. tulduco
Binomial name
Ctenomys tulduco Thomas, 1921

The Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco (Ctenomys tulduco) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.^[2] It is known only from a small locality in the Sierra del Tontal, San Juan Province, west central Argentina.

References

1. ^ Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys tulduco. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 March 2009.
2. ^ Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1570. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400362.