10/05/2022
Distributed in western Argentina and the surrounding areas of Bolivia and Chile.
It has a body length of 12-15 cm, a tail of 2.5-3 cm and a weight of about 90 g.
Inhabits sandy open spaces or thickets of shrubs and cacti. Digging long underground passages, like moles, very rarely appears on the surface, where it is slow and helpless. It feeds on ants and larvae of other insects.