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。