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Like other tuco-tucos, this species is a burrowing rodent that feeds on vegetable matter such as roots and grasses. Two burrows have been excavated and found to extend for 14 and 49 m (46 and 161 ft). Some food is taken back to the burrow and stored there in special chambers. In a cave in
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has a wide range in Chile and northern
Argentina, where it is found at altitudes between about 900 and 2,000 m (3,000 and 6,600 ft). This tuco-tuco is present in several protected areas and is assumed to have a large total population. No particular threats have been identified and any
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downward trend in populations is likely to be slow, so the
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519:Eisenberg, John F.; Redford, Kent H. (1992).
404:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T5813A22193961.en
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425:Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005).
251:The Maule tuco-tuco is a medium-sized
243:and region in Chile within its range.
1574:Taxa named by Rodolfo Amando Philippi
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1549:IUCN Red List least concern species
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291:occurs in Mallecco Province and
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473:Bidau, C. J. (9 March 2015).
485:University of Chicago Press
427:"Infraorder Hystricognathi"
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1569:Mammals described in 1872
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1253:Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco (
983:White-toothed tuco-tuco (
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599:Extant species of family
546:Patton, James L. (2015).
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902:Goodfellow's tuco-tuco (
279:The nominate subspecies
275:Distribution and habitat
1190:Steinbach's tuco-tuco (
875:Lago Blanco tuco-tuco (
857:Flamarion's tuco-tuco (
841:Ctenomys erikacuellarae
812:D'Orbigny's tuco-tuco (
794:Contreras's tuco-tuco (
1118:Porteous's tuco-tuco (
1037:Natterer's tuco-tuco (
1001:Magellanic tuco-tuco (
805:Ctenomys coyhaiquensis
433:; Reeder, D.M (eds.).
1289:Yolanda's tuco-tuco (
1163:Scaglia's tuco-tuco (
1138:Ctenomys rionegrensis
1136:Rio Negro tuco-tuco (
1073:Pearson's tuco-tuco (
1066:Ctenomys osvaldoreigi
1003:Ctenomys magellanicus
947:Catamarca tuco-tuco (
803:Coyhaique tuco-tuco (
785:Conover's tuco-tuco (
767:Colburn's tuco-tuco (
751:Ctenomys brasiliensis
749:Brazilian tuco-tuco (
740:Bonetto's tuco-tuco (
686:Argentine tuco-tuco (
1559:Mammals of Argentina
1226:Collared tuco-tuco (
1217:Thales's tuco-tuco (
1109:San Luis tuco-tuco (
1091:Peruvian tuco-tuco (
1055:Highland tuco-tuco (
929:San Juan tuco-tuco (
922:Ctenomys ibicuiensis
904:Ctenomys goodfellowi
848:Famatina tuco-tuco (
776:Puntilla tuco-tuco (
733:Ctenomys boliviensis
731:Bolivian tuco-tuco (
695:Southern tuco-tuco (
677:Anderson's cujuchi (
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1280:Yates's tuco-tuco (
1244:Tucuman tuco-tuco (
1192:Ctenomys steinbachi
1183:Ctenomys sociabilis
1127:Pundt's tuco-tuco (
1102:Ctenomys pilarensis
1046:Furtive tuco-tuco (
1021:Ctenomys mendocinus
1019:Mendoza tuco-tuco (
992:Lewis's tuco-tuco (
974:Lessa's tuco-tuco (
965:Mottled tuco-tuco (
884:Reddish tuco-tuco (
859:Ctenomys flamarioni
839:Erika's tuco-tuco (
830:Emily's tuco-tuco (
821:Chacoan tuco-tuco (
796:Ctenomys contrerasi
758:Budin's tuco-tuco (
722:Bidau's tuco-tuco (
704:Azara's tuco-tuco (
688:Ctenomys argentinus
321:Ctenomys sociabilis
31:Conservation status
1273:Ctenomys viperinus
1262:Strong tuco-tuco (
1246:Ctenomys tucumanus
1235:Robust tuco-tuco (
1228:Ctenomys torquatus
1199:Forest tuco-tuco (
1181:Social tuco-tuco (
1156:Ctenomys saltarius
1145:Roig's tuco-tuco (
1120:Ctenomys porteousi
1064:Reig's tuco-tuco (
1039:Ctenomys nattereri
920:Ibicui tuco-tuco (
911:Haig's tuco-tuco (
866:Foch's tuco-tuco (
832:Ctenomys emilianus
814:Ctenomys dorbignyi
713:Berg's tuco-tuco (
697:Ctenomys australis
679:Ctenomys andersoni
379:Bidau, C. (2016).
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1329:Ctenomys maulinus
1321:Taxon identifiers
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1291:Ctenomys yolandae
1271:Vipos tuco-tuco (
1208:Talas tuco-tuco (
1201:Ctenomys sylvanus
1174:Ctenomys sericeus
1172:Silky tuco-tuco (
1165:Ctenomys scagliai
1154:Salta tuco-tuco (
1111:Ctenomys pontifex
1100:Pilar tuco-tuco (
1093:Ctenomys peruanus
1084:Ctenomys perrensi
1075:Ctenomys pearsoni
1048:Ctenomys occultus
1012:Ctenomys maulinus
1010:Maule tuco-tuco (
985:Ctenomys leucodon
938:Jujuy tuco-tuco (
931:Ctenomys johannis
893:Tawny tuco-tuco (
823:Ctenomys dorsalis
787:Ctenomys conoveri
769:Ctenomys colburni
742:Ctenomys bonettoi
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976:Ctenomys lessai
895:Ctenomys fulvus
886:Ctenomys frater
778:Ctenomys coludo
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