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Except during the breeding season, this animal is solitary. It lives in a burrow which is usually less than 50 cm (20 in) below the surface of the ground and may be several metres in length. Side passages are used for storing food. It is a herbivore and usually eats the whole plant on which
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The collared tuco-tuco is a short-tailed rodent with a total length of about 250 mm (10 in), including a tail of 75 mm (3 in). It varies considerably in colour across its range and between different members of the same population. The upper parts can be anything from mahogany
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655:Ctenomys erikacuellarae
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608:Contreras's tuco-tuco (
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851:Natterer's tuco-tuco (
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619:Ctenomys coyhaiquensis
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952:Ctenomys rionegrensis
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887:Pearson's tuco-tuco (
880:Ctenomys osvaldoreigi
817:Ctenomys magellanicus
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565:Ctenomys brasiliensis
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743:San Juan tuco-tuco (
736:Ctenomys ibicuiensis
718:Ctenomys goodfellowi
662:Famatina tuco-tuco (
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547:Ctenomys boliviensis
545:Bolivian tuco-tuco (
509:Southern tuco-tuco (
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1094:Yates's tuco-tuco (
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1006:Ctenomys steinbachi
997:Ctenomys sociabilis
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860:Furtive tuco-tuco (
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646:Ctenomys emilianus
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511:Ctenomys australis
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925:Ctenomys pontifex
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898:Ctenomys perrensi
889:Ctenomys pearsoni
862:Ctenomys occultus
826:Ctenomys maulinus
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799:Ctenomys leucodon
752:Jujuy tuco-tuco (
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439:Mammalia
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