Forest tuco-tuco

The forest tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sylvanus) was formerly considered a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.^[2] It is endemic to Salta and southeast Jujuy Provinces in northwest Argentina.^[1] The IUCN currently recognizes it as a subspecies of C. frater.^[3]

Forest 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. sylvanus
Binomial name
Ctenomys sylvanus Thomas, 1919