Ctenomys brasiliensis, de Blainville, 1826
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Ctenomys brasiliensis |
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22. View Plate 30: Ctenomyidae
Brazilian Tuco-tuco
Ctenomys brasiliensis View in CoL
French: Tuco-tuco du Brésil / German: Brasilien-Kammratte / Spanish: Tuco tuco de Brasil
Taxonomy. Ctenomys brasiliensis de Blainville, 1826 View in CoL ,
“des parties intérieures du Brésil de la province de Las Minas.” Corrected by C. J. Bidau in 2015 to “Minas, Lavalleja, Uruguay.”
H. M. D. de Blainville thought the type locality was Minas Gerais State in southeastern Brazil, which is outside of the currently known distribution of any species of Ctenomys , but C. brasiliensis was never collected again in that State. Using geometric morphometrics to compare skull of the C. brasiliensis holotype with those of similar species, and taking into account the tag information, it was possible to rediscover the type locality of C. brasiliensis .
There is no doubt that the specimen was collected in Minas in Lavalleja Department, Uruguay. Now, there are only populations of C. pearsoni in the area along the southern coast of Uruguay. Further studies should be made to better understand taxonomic relationship between the C. pearson: complex and C. brasiliensis —the type specimen for the genus that was collected in Uruguay and never occurred in southeastern Brazil. Monotypic.
Distribution. S Uruguay, known only from the type locality in Las Minas, Lavalleja Department. View Figure
Descriptive notes. There are no specific measurements available. The Brazilian Tucotuco is relatively large, but nothing has been published regarding its external morphol-Ogy Or appearance.
Habitat. Southern coast region of Uruguay.
Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. There is no information available forthis species.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List.
Bibliography. Bidau (2015), de Blainville (1826), Fernandes et al. (2012).
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