| Magellanic tuco-tuco | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Ctenomyidae |
| Genus: | Ctenomys |
| Species: | C. magellanicus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenomys magellanicus Bennett, 1836 | |
| Subspecies | |
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C. m. dicki Osgood, 1943 | |
The Magellanic tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. 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 Ona culture of Tierra del Fuego.
References
- Bidau, C.J. (2019). "Ctenomys magellanicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T5812A22193726. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T5812A22193726.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Wilson, David. Indigenous South Americans of the Past and Present. Westview Press, 1999.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ctenomys magellanicus | |
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