Roig's tuco-tuco

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Roig's tuco-tuco

| image =

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bidau, C.J. |date=2018 |title=Ctenomys roigi |volume=2018 |page=e.T136633A22193077 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136633A22193077.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| genus = Ctenomys

| species = roigi

| authority = Contreras, 1988

| synonyms =

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Roig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys roigi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.{{MSW3 Hystricognathi | id = 13400345 | page = 1568}} It is endemic to a small region near the Paraná River in Corrientes Province, northeastern Argentina, where lives on sand dunes, and near rivers. Development is degrading and shrinking this habitat, threatening the rodent's survival. The species is named after Argentine zoologist Virgilio G. Roig.{{Cite book

| last1 = Beolens | first1 = Bo

| last2 = Watkins | first2 = Michael

| last3 = Grayson | first3 = Michael

| title = The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

| publisher = The Johns Hopkins University Press

| date = 2009-09-28 | location = Baltimore |page=346

| url = http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA346

| isbn = 978-0-8018-9304-9| oclc = 270129903}} Its karyotype has 2n = 48 and FN = 80.