Brazilian tuco-tuco
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The Brazilian tuco-tuco (Ctenomys brasiliensis) is a tuco-tuco species.[2] It is found mainly in the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil,[3] though Charles Darwin mentions it during his trip through present-day Uruguay.[4]
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Brazilian tuco-tuco | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Ctenomyidae |
Genus: | Ctenomys |
Species: | C. brasiliensis |
Binomial name | |
Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville, 1826 | |
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