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]
| Scaglia's 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. scagliai
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys scagliai Contreras, 1999
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References edit
- ^ Ojeda, R. (2019). "Ctenomys scagliai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136568A22196158. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136568A22196158.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ a b 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. 1569. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 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.
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