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Puntilla tuco-tuco

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has a head-and-body length of 205 mm (8.1 in) and a tail length of 97 mm (3.8 in). It is an even pale colour and is distinguished from other tuco-tucos living in the same area by the long tail, the narrow skull and the broad auditory bullae (hollow bony structures on the skull
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of Argentina from which it was first collected, at an elevation of about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) above sea level. Not enough is known about the species, its population size and trend, to enable the
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The Puntilla tuco-tuco is a fairly large species of tuco-tuco. The
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Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference
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Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28).
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to assess its conservation status, so it has been rated as "
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that enclose parts of the middle and inner ear). The
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It is endemic to central 1475: 1454:Mammals described in 1920 1224: 1176:Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco ( 906:White-toothed tuco-tuco ( 530: 522:Extant species of family 269:) is a darker colour and 220:by the British zoologist 166: 159: 61:Scientific classification 59: 37: 28: 23: 825:Goodfellow's tuco-tuco ( 1113:Steinbach's tuco-tuco ( 798:Lago Blanco tuco-tuco ( 780:Flamarion's tuco-tuco ( 764:Ctenomys erikacuellarae 735:D'Orbigny's tuco-tuco ( 717:Contreras's tuco-tuco ( 1041:Porteous's tuco-tuco ( 960:Natterer's tuco-tuco ( 924:Magellanic tuco-tuco ( 728:Ctenomys coyhaiquensis 379:; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 340:: e.T136308A22196340. 1212:Yolanda's tuco-tuco ( 1086:Scaglia's tuco-tuco ( 1061:Ctenomys rionegrensis 1059:Rio Negro tuco-tuco ( 996:Pearson's tuco-tuco ( 989:Ctenomys osvaldoreigi 926:Ctenomys magellanicus 870:Catamarca tuco-tuco ( 726:Coyhaique tuco-tuco ( 708:Conover's tuco-tuco ( 690:Colburn's tuco-tuco ( 674:Ctenomys brasiliensis 672:Brazilian tuco-tuco ( 663:Bonetto's tuco-tuco ( 609:Argentine tuco-tuco ( 1439:Mammals of Argentina 1149:Collared tuco-tuco ( 1140:Thales's tuco-tuco ( 1032:San Luis tuco-tuco ( 1014:Peruvian tuco-tuco ( 978:Highland tuco-tuco ( 852:San Juan tuco-tuco ( 845:Ctenomys ibicuiensis 827:Ctenomys goodfellowi 771:Famatina tuco-tuco ( 699:Puntilla tuco-tuco ( 656:Ctenomys boliviensis 654:Bolivian tuco-tuco ( 618:Southern tuco-tuco ( 600:Anderson's cujuchi ( 1203:Yates's tuco-tuco ( 1167:Tucuman tuco-tuco ( 1115:Ctenomys steinbachi 1106:Ctenomys sociabilis 1050:Pundt's tuco-tuco ( 1025:Ctenomys pilarensis 969:Furtive tuco-tuco ( 944:Ctenomys mendocinus 942:Mendoza tuco-tuco ( 915:Lewis's tuco-tuco ( 897:Lessa's tuco-tuco ( 888:Mottled tuco-tuco ( 807:Reddish tuco-tuco ( 782:Ctenomys flamarioni 762:Erika's tuco-tuco ( 753:Emily's tuco-tuco ( 744:Chacoan tuco-tuco ( 719:Ctenomys contrerasi 681:Budin's tuco-tuco ( 645:Bidau's tuco-tuco ( 627:Azara's tuco-tuco ( 611:Ctenomys argentinus 263:Catamarca tuco-tuco 31:Conservation status 24:Puntilla tuco-tuco 1196:Ctenomys viperinus 1185:Strong tuco-tuco ( 1169:Ctenomys tucumanus 1158:Robust tuco-tuco ( 1151:Ctenomys torquatus 1122:Forest tuco-tuco ( 1104:Social tuco-tuco ( 1079:Ctenomys saltarius 1068:Roig's tuco-tuco ( 1043:Ctenomys porteousi 987:Reig's tuco-tuco ( 962:Ctenomys nattereri 843:Ibicui tuco-tuco ( 834:Haig's tuco-tuco ( 789:Foch's tuco-tuco ( 755:Ctenomys emilianus 737:Ctenomys dorbignyi 636:Berg's tuco-tuco ( 620:Ctenomys australis 602:Ctenomys andersoni 291:Catamarca Province 196:) is a species of 188:Puntilla tuco-tuco 1421: 1420: 1406:Open Tree of Life 1244:Taxon identifiers 1235: 1234: 1214:Ctenomys yolandae 1194:Vipos tuco-tuco ( 1131:Talas tuco-tuco ( 1124:Ctenomys sylvanus 1097:Ctenomys sericeus 1095:Silky tuco-tuco ( 1088:Ctenomys scagliai 1077:Salta tuco-tuco ( 1034:Ctenomys pontifex 1023:Pilar tuco-tuco ( 1016:Ctenomys peruanus 1007:Ctenomys perrensi 998:Ctenomys pearsoni 971:Ctenomys occultus 935:Ctenomys maulinus 933:Maule tuco-tuco ( 908:Ctenomys 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Index

Conservation status
Data Deficient
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Ctenomyidae
Ctenomys
Binomial name
Thomas
rodent
Ctenomyidae
Argentina
La Puntilla
type locality
first described
Oldfield Thomas
Emilio Budin
synonymous
tawny tuco-tuco
type specimen
Catamarca tuco-tuco
Foch's tuco-tuco
La Puntilla
Catamarca Province
International Union for Conservation of Nature

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