Forest tuco-tuco
Species of rodent
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The forest tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sylvanus) was formerly considered a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to Salta and southeast Jujuy Provinces in northwest Argentina.[1] The IUCN currently recognizes it as a subspecies of C. frater.[3]
| Forest tuco-tuco | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. sylvanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys sylvanus Thomas, 1919 | |
