Collared Tuco-tuco

Collared Tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. torquatus
Binomial name
Ctenomys torquatus Lichtenstein, 1830

The Collared Tuco-tuco, Ctenomys torquatus, is a tuco-tuco species from South America. It is found in Brazil and Uruguay.

References

1. ^ Lessa, E. & Bidau, C. (2008). Ctenomys torquatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.

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