Brazilian tuco-tuco

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]

Brazilian tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

Description

The Brazilian tuco-tuco has a reddish-brown coat color. The tail has short hairs covering it. It is the largest species of its genus. The head-body length is about 300 mm and the tail is relatively short.^[3]

References

1. Bidau, C.; Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). "Ctenomys brasiliensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T5800A11710439. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T5800A11710439.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1562. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Fernandes, F. A., R. Fornel, and T. R. O. Freitas. 2012. Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae): clarifying the geographic placement of the type species of the genus Ctenomys. Zootaxa. 3272: 57-68
4. Darwin, Charles R. (1839), Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle between the years 1826 and 1836, describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Journal and remarks. 1832-1836., London: Henry Colburn, p. 619
   In page 58, Charles Darwin says "The Tucutuco (Ctenomys braziliensis) is a curious small animal, which may be briefly described as a Rodent, with the habits of a mole."
   See it also in The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online