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Bolivian tuco-tuco
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Tuco-tucos

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Ctenomyidae

Facts about the family Ctenomyidae, the tuco-tucos

As with many rodents, tuco-tucos are often considered pests, both for the agricultural damage they cause and also the danger to horses represented by the tunnels, which may collapse beneath the weight of one and cause a damaging fall. (Full text)

Tuco tucos are the cutest! (Full text)

-Tuco-tucos are herbivores that feed primarily on surface-growing vegetation (Busch et al. (Full text)

Tuco-tucos are far more speciose the coruros, even though they have the same ecology and home range. (Full text)