Jujuy tuco-tuco

Jujuy tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Ctenomyidae
Genus:Ctenomys
Species: C. juris
Binomial name
Ctenomys juris
Thomas, 1920

The Jujuy tuco-tuco (Ctenomys juris) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is known only from one location with an elevation of 500 m in Jujuy Province in northern Argentina.

References

  1. Bidau, C.; Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys juris". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136556A4310554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136556A4310554.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
  2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1565. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Animals described in 1920


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