Ctenomys_coludo
Puntilla tuco-tuco
Species of rodent
The Puntilla tuco-tuco (Ctenomys coludo) is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.[2] It is endemic to central Argentina. The common name of the species comes from the municipality of La Puntilla at the type locality. It was first described by the British zoologist Oldfield Thomas in 1920 after being collected by Emilio Budin, an Argentine specimen collector who worked with Oldfield Thomas.[3]