Ctenomys bergi
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Ctenomys bergi faces severe population decline due to extensive agricultural conversion of its native grassland habitat in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina. Urban expansion and infrastructure development have further fragmented the remaining suitable habitat patches. The species' highly specialized fossorial lifestyle and limited dispersal ability make it particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation, as isolated populations cannot easily recolonize disturbed areas.
Habitat
Berg's tuco-tuco inhabits sandy and loamy soils in temperate grasslands and pampas of eastern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. This fossorial rodent constructs extensive underground burrow systems in well-drained soils that support native grass communities.
