In South America, a burrowing rodent, the tuco-tuco, or Ctenomys, is even more subterranean in its habits than the mole; and I was assured by a Spaniard, who had often caught them, that they were frequently blind.

在南美洲，一种穴居啮齿动物， tuco-tuco， 或Ctenomys， 其习性甚至比鼹鼠更地下;一个经常抓住他们的西班牙人向我保证， 他们经常失明。