Scaglia's tuco-tuco

Scaglia's tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. scagliai
Binomial name
Ctenomys scagliai Contreras, 1999

Scaglia's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys scagliai) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.^[2] It is endemic to a locality in Tucumán Province, northern Argentina. The species is named after Argentine naturalist Galileo Juan Scaglia (1915–1989).^[3] Its karyotype has 2n = 36 and FN = 64.^[2]

References

1. Bidau, C.; Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys scagliai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1569. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.