Magellanic tuco-tuco
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| name = Magellanic tuco-tuco
| image = Ctenomys magellanicus (Brehms).jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Ctenomys
| species = magellanicus
| authority = Bennett, 1836
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| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| subdivision =
C. m. dicki Osgood, 1943
C. m. fueginus Philippi, 1880
C. m. magellanicus Bennett, 1836
C. m. osgoodi Allen, 1905
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The Magellanic tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.{{MSW3 Hystricognathi | id = 13400319 | page = }} It is found in Argentina and Chile. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is also known as the cururo by the Selkʼnam culture of Tierra del Fuego.
References
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- Wilson, David. Indigenous South Americans of the Past and Present. Westview Press, 1999.
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Category:Mammals described in 1836
Category:Taxa named by Edward Turner Bennett
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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