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SPECIES Ctenomys occultus

Author:Thomas, 1920.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 6: 243.
Common Name:Furtive Tuco-tuco
Type Locality:Argentina, Monteagudo, 80 km SE Tucumán City.
Distribution:NW Argentina in Tucumán and adjacent Provs.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Revised by Reig et al. (1966); also see Cabrera (1961) who included it in mendocinus. Karyotype is 2n=22; FN=38 (Reig et al., 1992).
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