Patagonian tuco-tuco
| Haig's tuco-tuco | |
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| Female Patagonian tuco-tuco | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. haigi |
| Binomial name | |
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Ctenomys haigi (Thomas, 1917) |
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| Subspecies | |
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C. h. haigi Thomas, 1917 |
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C. h. haigi Thomas, 1917
C. h. lentulus Thomas, 1919
Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a South American hystricognath rodent. Like other tuco-tucos it is and thus not often observed, although the "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burrow sites, especially in early morning. Like most species in the genus Ctenomys, C. haigi are , with one adult per burrow.
Haig's tuco-tuco is native to Argentine Patagonia. Its primary habitat is the Patagonian steppe, but it is also found in the Low Monte and Valdivian temperate rain forests ecoregions.
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