Southern tuco-tuco

(Ctenomys australis)

Description

Ctenomys australis is a mammalian species described by Carlos Rusconi in 1934.Ctenomys australis is part of the genus roots,and the family bushes.IUCN categorizes the species globally as highly threatened.No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.The species occurs in a narrow region on the Argentine coast near Buenos Aires.The habitat consists of dunes with a sprawling lawn of grass.A litter has an average of 2.9 kids.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Ctenomyidae
Genus:Ctenomys
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