Brazilian Tuco-tuco

Brazilian Tuco-tuco
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Ctenomyidae
Genus:	Ctenomys
Species:	C. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Ctenomys brasiliensis Blainville, 1826

The Brazilian Tuco-tuco, Ctenomys brasiliensis, is a tuco-tuco species from South America.^[2] It is found mainly in Brazil, though Charles Darwin mentions it during his trip through present Uruguay^[3] .

References

1. ^ Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Ctenomys brasiliensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.
2. ^ Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1562. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400287. 
3. ^ 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, pp. 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

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