Reig's tuco-tuco

Reig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys osvaldoreigi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.^[2] It is endemic to central Argentina, where it is known only from a grassland location in 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]

Reig's tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. osvaldoreigi
Binomial name
Ctenomys osvaldoreigi Contreras, 1995