Scaglia's tuco-tuco
| 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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Scaglia's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys scagliai) is a species of
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]