Scaglia's Tuco-tuco is a subterranean rodent of the arid Monte Desert in northwestern Argentina. A 2026 telemetry study recorded adult animals using burrows alone.
A 2015 species account describes an ochraceous-brown back grading to yellow-brown flanks and underside.
The 2026 telemetry study reports that tracked adults used burrows alone and had almost no home-range overlap.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.