Ctenomys flamarioni Travi 1981

Ctenomys flamarioni Travi 1981, Iheringia, 60: 123.

Type Locality: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Estação Ecolóogica do Taim, Fazenda Caçapava.

Vernacular Names: Flamarion's Tuco-tuco.

Distribution: Coastal sand dunes in Rio Grande do Sul, S Brazil.

Conservation: Endangered from urbanization (Freitas, 1995).

Discussion: Karyotype has 2n=48 and FN=50-78 (Freitas, 1994). Freitas (1994) suggested that this species might belong to the mendocinus group.