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Ctenomys magellanicus ssp. dicki Osgood

Dick’s Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus ssp. dicki)

Dick’s Tuco-tuco, a subspecies of the Magellanic Tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus Bennett) was described in 1943, it is, or was, restricted to the Isla Riesco in the south of Chile.

This subspecies is now considered extinct.

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edited: 24.01.2020