page_title: List of mammals of Argentina
section_title: Order: Rodentia (rodents)
hierarchical_section_title: List of mammals of Argentina / Subclass: Theria / Infraclass: Eutheria / Superorder: Euarchontoglires / Order: Rodentia (rodents)
caption_attribution_description: Female Ctenomys haigi (Tuco-tuco) (original description: photographer: Annaliese Beery, subject: female Ctenomys haigi, photograph taken: December 2005 &#123;&#123;Cc-by-sa-2.5&#125;&#125;).
context_page_description: This is a list of the native mammal species recorded in Argentina. As of January 2020, the list contains 402 mammal species from Argentina, of which one is extinct, seven are critically endangered, seventeen are endangered, sixteen are vulnerable, and thirty are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; those on the left are used here, those in the second column in some other articles:
context_section_description: Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisors in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
  Suborder: Hystricomorpha
  Family: Erethizontidae (New World porcupines)
  Subfamily: Erethizontinae
  Genus: Coendou
  Bicolored-spined porcupine, Coendou bicolor LC
  Brazilian porcupine, Coendou prehensilis LC
  Paraguaian hairy dwarf porcupine, Coendou spinosus LC
  Family: Chinchillidae (viscachas and chinchillas)
  Genus: Chinchilla
  Short-tailed chinchilla, Chinchilla chinchilla EN
  Genus: Lagidium
  Southern viscacha, Lagidium viscacia LC
  Wolffsohn's viscacha, Lagidium wolffsohni DD
  Genus: Lagostomus
  Plains viscacha, Lagostomus maximus LC
  Family: Caviidae (guinea pigs)
  Subfamily: Caviinae
  Genus: Cavia
  Brazilian guinea pig, Cavia aperea LC
  Montane guinea pig, Cavia tschudii LC
  Genus: Galea
  Common yellow-toothed cavy, Galea musteloides LC
  Genus: Microcavia
  Southern mountain cavy, Microcavia australis LC
  Shipton's mountain cavy, Microcavia shiptoni NT
  Subfamily: Dolichotinae
  Genus: Dolichotis
  Patagonian mara, Dolichotis patagonum NT
  Chacoan mara, Dolichotis salinicola LC
  Subfamily: Hydrochoerinae (capybaras and rock cavies)
  Genus: Hydrochoerus
  Capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris LC
  Family: Dasyproctidae (agoutis and pacas)
  Genus: Dasyprocta
  Azara's agouti, Dasyprocta azarae DD
  Central American agouti, Dasyprocta punctata LC
  Family: Cuniculidae
  Genus: Cuniculus
  Lowland paca, Cuniculus paca LC
  Family: Ctenomyidae
  Genus: Ctenomys
  Argentine tuco-tuco, Ctenomys argentinus NT
  Southern tuco-tuco, Ctenomys australis EN
  Azara's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys azarae EN
  Berg's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys bergi EN
  Bolivian tuco-tuco, Ctenomys boliviensis LC
  Bonetto's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys bonettoi EN
  Budin's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys budini NE
  Colburn's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys colburni DD
  Puntilla tuco-tuco, Ctenomys coludo DD
  Conover's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys conoveri LC
  D'Orbigny's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys dorbignyi NT
  Emily's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys emilianus LC
  Famatina tuco-tuco, Ctenomys famosus DD
  Foch's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys fochi DD
  Lago Blanco tuco-tuco, Ctenomys fodax DD
  Reddish tuco-tuco, Ctenomys frater LC
  Tawny tuco-tuco, Ctenomys fulvus DD
  Haig's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys haigi LC
  San Juan tuco-tuco, Ctenomys johannis DD
  Jujuy tuco-tuco, Ctenomys juris DD
  Catamarca tuco-tuco, Ctenomys knighti DD
  Mottled tuco-tuco, Ctenomys latro EN
  Magellanic tuco-tuco, Ctenomys magellanicus LC
  Maule tuco-tuco, Ctenomys maulinus LC
  Mendoza tuco-tuco, Ctenomys mendocinus LC
  Tiny tuco-tuco, Ctenomys minutus DD
  Furtive tuco-tuco, Ctenomys occultus EN
  Highland tuco-tuco, Ctenomys opimus LC
  Reig's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys osvaldoreigi CR
  Goya tuco-tuco, Ctenomys perrensis LC
  San Luis tuco-tuco, Ctenomys pontifex DD
  Porteous's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys porteousi NT
  Pundt's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys pundti EN
  Rio Negro tuco-tuco, Ctenomys rionegrensis EN
  Roig's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys roigi CR
  Salta tuco-tuco, Ctenomys saltarius DD
  Scaglia's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys scagliai DD
  Silky tuco-tuco, Ctenomys sericeus DD
  Social tuco-tuco, Ctenomys sociabilis CR
  Forest tuco-tuco, Ctenomys sylvanus DD
  Talas tuco-tuco, Ctenomys talarum LC
  Collared tuco-tuco, Ctenomys torquatus LC
  Robust tuco-tuco, Ctenomys tuconax DD
  Tucuman tuco-tuco, Ctenomys tucumanus DD
  Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco, Ctenomys tulduco DD
  Strong tuco-tuco, Ctenomys validus DD
  Vipos tuco-tuco, Ctenomys viperinus DD
  Yolanda's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys yolandae DD
  Family: Octodontidae
  Genus: Aconaemys
  Chilean rock rat, Aconaemys fuscus LC
  Sage's rock rat, Aconaemys sagei DD
  Genus: Octodon
  Bridges's degu, Octodon bridgesi VU
  Genus: Octodontomys
  Mountain degu, Octodontomys gliroides LC
  Genus: Octomys
  Mountain viscacha rat, Octomys mimax LC
  Genus: Pipanacoctomys
  Golden viscacha rat, Pipanacoctomys aureus CR
  Genus: Tympanoctomys
  Plains viscacha rat, Tympanoctomys barrerae NT
  Kirchner's viscacha rat, Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum DD
  Chalchalero viscacha rat, Tympanoctomys loschalchalerosorum CR
  Family: Abrocomidae
  Genus: Abrocom
caption: Haig's tuco-tuco
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