Reig's tuco-tuco
| Reig'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. osvaldoreigi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys osvaldoreigi Contreras, 1995
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Reig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys osvaldoreigi) is a species of
Cordoba Province at an elevation above 2000 m in the Sierras Grandes.[1] The species is threatened by disruption of its habitat by fire and sheep grazing.[1] It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).[3]