Tucutucu is a town of Argentina in Rio Chico, Patagonia. It is the nickname that the Marcelo Zalayeta had a Uruguayan footballer. Tucutucu or Tucotuco, is the name given to a few tiny rodents resemble chinchillas in the genus Ctenomis. You also tell him tucutucus to the indigenous, saltapericos, taguinches, aluas or cucubanos. They are beetles of the family Elateridae. Its scientific name is noctiluca Pyrophorus. Although they produce light they are not relatives of the fireflies.
