The Coruro is a South American rodent occasionally noted in discussions of North American borderland fauna due to introduced populations on islands. It is a colonial, subterranean rodent similar in habits to a mole rat, building extensive underground tunnel systems. It is listed as Vulnerable due to habitat loss in its native Chile.
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