Biology:Haig's tuco-tuco

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Short description: Species of rodent

Haig's tuco-tuco
Tinytuco.jpg
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Ctenomyidae
Genus: Ctenomys
Species:
C. haigi
Binomial name
Ctenomys haigi
(Thomas, 1917)
Subspecies

C. h. haigi Thomas, 1917
C. h. lentulus Thomas, 1919

Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a hystricognath rodent.[2] Like other tuco-tucos it is subterranean and thus not often observed, although the "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burrow sites, especially in the early morning. Like most species in the genus Ctenomys, C. haigi are solitary, with one adult per burrow.

Haig's tuco-tuco is native to Argentina Patagonia. Its primary habitat is the Patagonian steppe, but it is also found in the Low Monte and Valdivian temperate rain forest ecoregions.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q304449 entry