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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:
The species occurs in wide range of habitats (E. Lessa pers. comm.). It prefers sandy habitats, in Uruguay it does not occur in cultivated areas (Eisenberg and Redford 1999). It lives in relatively shallow burrows and is diurnal in surface activity when it feeds on plants around the burrow entrance (Eisenberg and Redford 1999). Young are born from September to December after a gestation of 105 days.
Range:
C. torquatus occurs from central Uruguay to southern Brazil, in Rio Grande do Sul State (Fernandes et al. 2007).
Conservation:
This species occurs in some protected areas throughout its range. More studies should be performed at melocular and ecological levels, and protected areas must be set aside to preserve these species (Fernandes et al. 2007).