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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| 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 is a fossorial, herbivorous species that uses underground tubers and roots. Colonies are found in areas with friable, not often flooded, soils. It has been recorded from open savanna areas that have been disturbed, by sugarcane plantations, cattle grazing and other agricultural activities. Opening up of savanna habitats is generally beneficial to tuco-tuco species.
Range:
This species occurs around the city of Santa Cruz, in Santa Cruz Department, central Bolivia; Mato Grosso in southwestern Brazil; western Paraguay; and Formosa Province in Argentina (Woods and Kilpatrick 2005). In Bolivia it is found at about 400 m asl to 500 m asl (Anderson 1997).
Conservation:
It is not present in any protected areas. Further studies are needed into the taxonomy and distribution of this species.