| Author: | Bennett, 1835. |
| Actual Date: | 1836 |
| Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1835: 190. |
| Common Name: | Magellanic Tuco-tuco |
| Type Locality: | Chile, Magallanes, Bahia de San Gregorio. |
| Distribution: | Extreme S Chile and S Argentina. |
| Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable; reduced in numbers by sheep grazing. |
| Comments: | Osgood (1943) included fodax but see coments under that taxon. Karyotype has 2n=34-36 and FN=64 (Gallardo, 1991). |
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