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Tuco-tucos
Ctenomys
A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. Tuco-tucos belong to the only living genus of the family Ctenomyidae, Ctenomys, but they include approximately 60 different species. The common name, "tuco-tuco" comes from the "tuc-tuc" sound they make while they dig their burrows.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 68 known species
Pearson's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys pearsoni
Highland Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys opimus
Mendoza Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys mendocinus
Maule Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys maulinus
Talas Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys talarum
Flamarion's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys flamarioni
Berg's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys bergi
Tawny Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys fulvus
Magellanic Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys magellanicus
Dune Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys australis
Tiny Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys minutus
Collared Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys torquatus
Conover's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys conoveri
Río Negro Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys rionegrensis
Silky Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys sericeus
Reig's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys osvaldoreigi
Haig's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys haigi
Pilar Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys pilarensis
Argentine Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys argentinus
Robust Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys tuconax
Social Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys sociabilis
Lazy Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys lentulus
Tucumán Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys tucumanus
Emily's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys emilianus
Salta Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys saltarius
Goya Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys perrensi
D'Orbigny's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys dorbignyi
Contreras's Tuco-Tuco
speciesCtenomys contrerasi
Lami Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys lami
Forest Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys frater
Chacoan Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys dorsalis
Monte Hermoso Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys pulcer
Bolivian Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys boliviensis
Steinbach's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys steinbachi
Lewis's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys lewisi
Catamarca Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys knighti
White-toothed Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys leucodon
Mottled Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys latro
Puntilla Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys coludo
Lago Blanco Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys fodax
Jujuy Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys juris
Roig's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys roigi
Scaglia's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys scagliai
Sierra Tontal Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys tulduco
Vipos Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys viperinus
Paraguayan Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys paraguayensis
Anderson's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys andersoni
Lessa's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys lessai
Rondon's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys rondoni
Yates's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys yatesi
Thales's Tuco-Tuco
speciesCtenomys thalesi
Plebiscite Tuco-Tuco
speciesCtenomys plebiscitum
Henia-Camiare Tuco-Tuco
speciesCtenomys heniacamiare
Verzi's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys verzi
Uco Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys uco
Eileen's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys eileenae
Natterer's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys nattereri
Erika's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys erikacuellarae
Foch's Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys fochi
San Luis Tuco-tuco
speciesCtenomys pontifex
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45873.