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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
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--> FAMILY Ctenomyidae
--> GENUS Ctenomys
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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