Haig's tuco-tuco
| Haig's tuco-tuco | |
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| Female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. haigi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys haigi Thomas, 1917
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| Subspecies | |
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C. h. haigi Thomas, 1917 | |
Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a
hystricognath rodent.[2] Like other tuco-tucos it is subterranean and thus not often observed, although the "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burrow sites, especially in the early morning. Like most species in the genus Ctenomys, C. haigi are solitary
, with one adult per burrow.
Haig's tuco-tuco is native to
Valdivian temperate rain forest
ecoregions.
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- OCLC 62265494.
External links
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