Social tuco-tuco pictures and facts

Social tuco-tuco

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Ctenomyidae
Species : Ctenomys sociabilis

The Social tuco-tuco is listed as Near Threatened (LR/nt), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Facts about the social tuco-tuco

(Reply to this) (Thread) cashew 2005-05-27 16:21 (link) Tuco, short for tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis), is a South American rodent and we're working with them to do behavior studies.

Mew (cashew) wrote,Tuco, short for tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis), is a South American rodent and we're working with them to do behavior studies.

The colonial tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sociabilis) is a subterranean rodent that is endemic to the Limay Valley region of southwestern Argentina. (Full text)