Flamarion's Tuco-Tuco

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Flamarion's tuco-tuco, Ctenomys flamarioni, is a South American rodent species of the family Ctenomyidae. It is found in coastal dunes of southern Brazil. The species is named after Brazilian biologist Luiz Flamarion B. de Oliveira. The tuco-tucos are members of a group of rodents that belong to the family Ctenomyidae. The tuco-tucos belong to a single genus: Ctenomys, but they include some 60 different species. The relationships among the species are debated by taxonomists. Their closest relatives are degus and other octodontids (Woods and Kilpatrick, 2005). All species of tuco-tuco are found in South America. The tuco-tucos of South America have an ecological role equivalent to that of the pocket gophers of North America.