Foch's tuco-tuco

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Foch's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fochi) is a small rodent in the Ctenomyidae family. It lives only in northwestern Argentina, specifically in southwestern Catamarca Province. The species is named after World War I general Ferdinand Foch.

Conservation status: Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1).

Taxonomy:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Ctenomyidae
- Genus: Ctenomys
- Species: C. fochi

Binomial name: Ctenomys fochi (Thomas, 1919).