Porter's Rock Rat

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Porter's Rock Rat[1]
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Octodontidae
Genus: Aconaemys
Species: A. porteri
Binomial name
Aconaemys porteri
Thomas, 1917

Porter's Rock Rat (Aconaemys porteri) is a species of rodent in the Octodontidae family.[2][1] It is found in Argentina and Chile at altitudes between 900 and 2,000 meters above sea level.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Charles A. Woods and C. William Kilpatrick (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, {{{pages}}}. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ Gallardo, Milton H. (February 1992). "Karyotypic Evolution in Octodontid Rodents Based on C-Band Analysis". Journal of Mammalogy 73 (1): 89-98. doi:10.2307/1381869.