Scaglia's tuco-tuco

Scaglia's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys scagliai) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae,^[2] 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
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. scagliai
Binomial name
Ctenomys scagliai Contreras, 1999