The Lami tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys lami'') is a species of
rodent in the family
Ctenomyidae
A tuco-tuco is a neotropical rodent in the family Ctenomyidae.Parada, A., G. D’Elia, C.J. Bidau, and E.P. Lessa. 2011. Species Groups and the Evolutionary Diversification of Tuco-Tucos, genus ''Ctenomys'' (Rodentia: Ctenomyidae). ''Journal of M ...
.
It is endemic to an area in the state of
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
in southern
Brazil, where it is found in the vicinity of sand dunes.
The species is threatened by urbanization and the conversion of its habitat to agricultural use.
Swamp drainage has led to a zone of hybridization with a neighboring population of ''
C. minutus''.
References
Rodents of Brazil
Tuco-tucos
Endemic mammals of Brazil
Mammals described in 2001
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