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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 is found in arid Chaco xerophytic shrubland. It can be found in both undisturbed habitats an and in areas disturbed by ranching.
Range:
This species occurs in Gran Chaco of Paraguay and southeast Bolivia, and possibly northeast Argentina though this needs confirmation (Woods and Kilpatrick 2005). It is found at around 175 to 400 m. According to Bidau and Lessa the species does not occur in Argentina.
Conservation:
It is present in the Parque Nacional Kaa-Iya del Gran Chaco in Bolivia.