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D'Orbigny's Tuco-tuco
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

D'Orbigny's Tuco-tuco

Ctenomys dorbignyi

D'Orbigny's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys dorbignyi) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae, named after French naturalist Alcide d'Orbigny. It is found in northeast Argentina. Its karyotype has 2n = 70, FN = 84–88, which is cytogenetically indistinguishable from some populations of C. pearsoni; the latter taxon may actually represent several species.

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