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| Highland tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. opimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys opimus Wagner, 1848
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C. o. luteolus Thomas, 1900 | |
The highland tuco-tuco (Ctenomys opimus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is found in high grassland in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru where it lives in burrows.
- ^ Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Zeballos, N.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Ctenomys opimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5818A22194246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T5818A22194246.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1567. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.