Reig's tuco-tuco

Reig's tuco-tuco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Ctenomyidae
Genus:Ctenomys
Species: C. osvaldoreigi
Binomial name
Ctenomys osvaldoreigi
Contreras, 1995

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bidau, C.; Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys osvaldoreigi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136390A4285234. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136390A4285234.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. 1567. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 302. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.


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