Brazilian tuco-tuco
Species of rodent
| Brazilian tuco-tuco | |
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Conservation status | |
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 | |
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]
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ 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
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Extant species of family Ctenomyidae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Hystricomorpha
- Infraorder: Hystricognathi
- Parvorder: Caviomorpha
(tuco-tucos)
- Anderson's cujuchi (Ctenomys andersoni)
- Argentine tuco-tuco (Ctenomys argentinus)
- Southern tuco-tuco (Ctenomys australis)
- Azara's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys azarae)
- Berg's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys bergi)
- Bidau's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys bidaui)
- Bolivian tuco-tuco (Ctenomys boliviensis)
- Bonetto's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys bonettoi)
- Brazilian tuco-tuco (Ctenomys brasiliensis)
- Budin's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys budini)
- Colburn's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys colburni)
- Puntilla tuco-tuco (Ctenomys coludo)
- Conover's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys conoveri)
- Contreras's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys contrerasi)
- Coyhaique tuco-tuco (Ctenomys coyhaiquensis)
- D'Orbigny's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys dorbignyi)
- Chacoan tuco-tuco (Ctenomys dorsalis)
- Emily's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys emilianus)
- Erika's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys erikacuellarae)
- Famatina tuco-tuco (Ctenomys famosus)
- Flamarion's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys flamarioni)
- Foch's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fochi)
- Lago Blanco tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fodax)
- Reddish tuco-tuco (Ctenomys frater)
- Tawny tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fulvus)
- Goodfellow's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys goodfellowi)
- Haig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys haigi)
- Ibicui tuco-tuco (Ctenomys ibicuiensis)
- San Juan tuco-tuco (Ctenomys johannis)
- Jujuy tuco-tuco (Ctenomys juris)
- Catamarca tuco-tuco (Ctenomys knighti)
- Lami tuco-tuco (Ctenomys lami)
- Mottled tuco-tuco (Ctenomys latro)
- Lessa's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys lessai)
- White-toothed tuco-tuco (Ctenomys leucodon)
- Lewis's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys lewisi)
- Magellanic tuco-tuco (Ctenomys magellanicus)
- Maule tuco-tuco (Ctenomys maulinus)
- Mendoza tuco-tuco (Ctenomys mendocinus)
- Tiny tuco-tuco (Ctenomys minutus)
- Natterer's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys nattereri)
- Furtive tuco-tuco (Ctenomys occultus)
- Highland tuco-tuco (Ctenomys opimus)
- Reig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys osvaldoreigi)
- Pearson's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys pearsoni)
- Goya tuco-tuco (Ctenomys perrensi)
- Peruvian tuco-tuco (Ctenomys peruanus)
- Pilar tuco-tuco (Ctenomys pilarensis)
- San Luis tuco-tuco (Ctenomys pontifex)
- Porteous's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys porteousi)
- Pundt's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys pundti)
- Rio Negro tuco-tuco (Ctenomys rionegrensis)
- Roig's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys roigi)
- Salta tuco-tuco (Ctenomys saltarius)
- Scaglia's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys scagliai)
- Silky tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sericeus)
- Social tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis)
- Steinbach's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys steinbachi)
- Forest tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sylvanus)
- Talas tuco-tuco (Ctenomys talarum)
- Thales's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys thalesi)
- Collared tuco-tuco (Ctenomys torquatus)
- Robust tuco-tuco (Ctenomys tuconax)
- Tucuman tuco-tuco (Ctenomys tucumanus)
- Sierra Tontal tuco-tuco (Ctenomys tulduco)
- Strong tuco-tuco (Ctenomys validus)
- Vipos tuco-tuco (Ctenomys viperinus)
- Yates's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys yatesi)
- Yolanda's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys yolandae)
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