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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Endangered |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
It occurs in psamophile vegetation which is a naturally patchily distributed habitat (Bidau 2006). This species constructs burrows in sandy soils of hills and areas with low, open forests. Little more is known about its biology or habits other than that it is a solitary species (Bidau 2015, de Freitas 2016).
Range:
Azara’s Tuco-tuco is distributed throughout central Argentina in the provinces of La Pampa, Mendoza, and San Luis, within the ecoregions of Espinal, Monte de Llanuras, Mesetas, and Pampa (de Freitas 2016).
Conservation:
This species does not occur in protected areas and is listed as Vulnerable in the Argentinian Red List (Ojeda and Diaz 2000).