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Puntilla Tuco-tuco
Ctenomys coludo
The Puntilla tuco-tuco (Ctenomys coludo) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae. It is endemic to central Argentina. The common name of the species comes from the municipality of La Puntilla at the type locality. It was first described by the British zoologist Oldfield Thomas in 1920 after being collected by Emilio Budin, an Argentine specimen collector who worked with Oldfield Thomas.
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Description
The Puntilla tuco-tuco is a fairly large species of tuco-tuco. The type specimen has a head-and-body length of 205 mm (8.1 in) and a tail length of 97 mm (3.8 in). It is an even pale colour and is distinguished from other tuco-tucos living in the same area by the long tail, the narrow skull and the broad auditory bullae (hollow bony structures on the skull that enclose parts of the middle and inner ear). The Catamarca tuco-tuco (Ctenomys knighti) is a darker colour and Foch's tuco-tuco (Ctenomys fochi) is smaller.
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