Perception Channels: tactile ; chemical
CITES: no special status
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: least concern
The ecology of this species has not been extensively studied, but if it is similar to other tuco-tucos it eats a variety of roots and grasses.
Plant Foods: roots and tubers
Primary Diet: herbivore (Folivore , Eats sap or other plant foods)
This species of tuco-tuco is found only in southwestern Argentina.
Biogeographic Regions: neotropical (Native )
These tuco-tucos live in open, treeless areas in the foothills of the Andes.
Terrestrial Biomes: savanna or grassland
The average weight is 164 g, the head and body length ranges from 155 to 165 mm, and the tail is about 70 mm long. This species is fairly small compared to other tuco-tucos. Its fur is soft and silky, and agouti gray brown in color.
Average mass: 0.164 kg.
Other Physical Features: endothermic ; bilateral symmetry
The litter size ranges from 2 to 4.
Range number of offspring: 2 to 4.
Key Reproductive Features: gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate); sexual
Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a hystricognath rodent.[2] Like other tuco-tucos it is subterranean and thus not often observed, although the "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burrow sites, especially in the early morning. Like most species in the genus Ctenomys, C. haigi are solitary, 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 forest ecoregions.
Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi), known regionally as the Patagonian tuco-tuco, is a hystricognath rodent. Like other tuco-tucos it is subterranean and thus not often observed, although the "tuc-tuc" call of the males can be heard near burrow sites, especially in the early morning. Like most species in the genus Ctenomys, C. haigi are solitary, 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 forest ecoregions.
