Biology:Magellanic tuco-tuco
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. magellanicus
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| Ctenomys magellanicus Bennett, 1836
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The Magellanic tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is found in Argentina and Chile . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is also known as the cururo by the Ona culture of Tierra del Fuego.
References
- ↑ Bidau, C.J. (2019). "Ctenomys magellanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T5812A22193726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T5812A22193726.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5812/22193726. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ↑ 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. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400319.
- Wilson, David. Indigenous South Americans of the Past and Present. Westview Press, 1999.
Wikidata ☰ Q1769457 entry
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