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The Punta de Vacas Chinchilla Rat (Abrocoma vaccarum) is a species of chinchilla rat in the Abrocomidae family. Found only in Argentina, this species was once thought to be part of Abrocoma cinerea. In 2002, Braun and Mares from the University of Oklahoma confirmed it to be a separate species.[1]
This species prefers to live on rocky cliff faces and is found most frequently in an area 1,880 meters above sea level.[2]
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- ^ Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (February 2002). "Systematics of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex (Rodentia: Abrocomidae), with a description of a new species of Abrocoma". Journal of Mammalogy 83 (1): 1-19. doi:10.1644%2F1545-1542(2002)083%3C0001%3ASOTACS%3E2.0.CO%3B2
- ^ Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (August 1996). "Unusual Morphological and Behavioral Traits in Abrocoma (Rodentia: Abrocomidae) from Argentina". Journal of Mammalogy 77 (3): 891-897. doi:10.2307/1382695.
