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and grows to a total length of about 255 mm (10 in) including a tail of about 77 mm (3 in). As is the case with other members of the genus, the eyes and ears are small, the fur is dense and the claws on the forefeet are large. The fur is brown and it has a blackish stripe running
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374:"Infraorder Hystricognathi"
283:The conservation status of
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758:Lago Blanco tuco-tuco (
740:Flamarion's tuco-tuco (
724:Ctenomys erikacuellarae
695:D'Orbigny's tuco-tuco (
677:Contreras's tuco-tuco (
1001:Porteous's tuco-tuco (
920:Natterer's tuco-tuco (
884:Magellanic tuco-tuco (
688:Ctenomys coyhaiquensis
380:; Reeder, D.M (eds.).
1172:Yolanda's tuco-tuco (
1046:Scaglia's tuco-tuco (
1021:Ctenomys rionegrensis
1019:Rio Negro tuco-tuco (
956:Pearson's tuco-tuco (
949:Ctenomys osvaldoreigi
886:Ctenomys magellanicus
830:Catamarca tuco-tuco (
686:Coyhaique tuco-tuco (
668:Conover's tuco-tuco (
650:Colburn's tuco-tuco (
634:Ctenomys brasiliensis
632:Brazilian tuco-tuco (
623:Bonetto's tuco-tuco (
569:Argentine tuco-tuco (
1447:Mammals of the Andes
1442:Mammals of Argentina
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1100:Thales's tuco-tuco (
992:San Luis tuco-tuco (
974:Peruvian tuco-tuco (
938:Highland tuco-tuco (
812:San Juan tuco-tuco (
805:Ctenomys ibicuiensis
787:Ctenomys goodfellowi
731:Famatina tuco-tuco (
659:Puntilla tuco-tuco (
616:Ctenomys boliviensis
614:Bolivian tuco-tuco (
578:Southern tuco-tuco (
560:Anderson's cujuchi (
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1163:Yates's tuco-tuco (
1127:Tucuman tuco-tuco (
1075:Ctenomys steinbachi
1066:Ctenomys sociabilis
1010:Pundt's tuco-tuco (
985:Ctenomys pilarensis
929:Furtive tuco-tuco (
904:Ctenomys mendocinus
902:Mendoza tuco-tuco (
875:Lewis's tuco-tuco (
857:Lessa's tuco-tuco (
848:Mottled tuco-tuco (
767:Reddish tuco-tuco (
742:Ctenomys flamarioni
722:Erika's tuco-tuco (
713:Emily's tuco-tuco (
704:Chacoan tuco-tuco (
679:Ctenomys contrerasi
641:Budin's tuco-tuco (
605:Bidau's tuco-tuco (
587:Azara's tuco-tuco (
571:Ctenomys argentinus
40:Conservation status
1156:Ctenomys viperinus
1145:Strong tuco-tuco (
1129:Ctenomys tucumanus
1118:Robust tuco-tuco (
1111:Ctenomys torquatus
1082:Forest tuco-tuco (
1064:Social tuco-tuco (
1039:Ctenomys saltarius
1028:Roig's tuco-tuco (
1003:Ctenomys porteousi
947:Reig's tuco-tuco (
922:Ctenomys nattereri
803:Ibicui tuco-tuco (
794:Haig's tuco-tuco (
749:Foch's tuco-tuco (
715:Ctenomys emilianus
697:Ctenomys dorbignyi
596:Berg's tuco-tuco (
580:Ctenomys australis
562:Ctenomys andersoni
419:Eisenberg, John F.
323:Ojeda, R. (2019).
298:vulnerable species
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1174:Ctenomys yolandae
1154:Vipos tuco-tuco (
1091:Talas tuco-tuco (
1084:Ctenomys sylvanus
1057:Ctenomys sericeus
1055:Silky tuco-tuco (
1048:Ctenomys scagliai
1037:Salta tuco-tuco (
994:Ctenomys pontifex
983:Pilar tuco-tuco (
976:Ctenomys peruanus
967:Ctenomys perrensi
958:Ctenomys pearsoni
931:Ctenomys occultus
895:Ctenomys maulinus
893:Maule tuco-tuco (
868:Ctenomys leucodon
821:Jujuy tuco-tuco (
814:Ctenomys johannis
776:Tawny tuco-tuco (
706:Ctenomys dorsalis
670:Ctenomys conoveri
652:Ctenomys colburni
625:Ctenomys bonettoi
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354:14 November
229:Description
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137:Ctenomyidae
1437:Tuco-tucos
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304:References
285:C. tuconax
494:Kingdom:
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291:" by the
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223:Argentina
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87:Eukaryota
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1342:IUCN
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388:ISBN
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339:2019
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