Budin's tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys budini'') was formerly considered a species of

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in the family

Ctenomyidae A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.Parada, A., G. D’Elia, C.J. Bidau, and E.P. Lessa. 2011. Species Groups and the Evolutionary Diversification of Tuco-Tucos, genus ''Ctenomys'' (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). ''Journal of M ...

. It is endemic to southeast

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in northwest

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. Given the extensive human presence in its limited range, it has been suspected to be threatened. The IUCN currently views it as a subspecies of '' C. frater''. It was named after Emilio Budin, an Argentine specimen collector who worked with Oldfield Thomas.

References

Mammals of Argentina Mammals described in 1913 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Tuco-tucos Endemic fauna of Argentina Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{rodent-stub