| Abrocoma Temporal range: none |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Suborder: | Hystricomorpha |
| Family: | Abrocomidae |
| Genus: | Abrocoma Waterhouse, 1837 |
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Abrocoma bennettii |
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Abrocoma is a genus of abrocomid rodents found in the Andes of South America, from southern Peru to central Chile. The genus contains eight species, most of which are found in isolated mountain ranges in northwestern Argentina.
Additionally, the species Cuscomys oblativus was formerly classified as Abrocoma oblativus, but has been reassigned. [1]
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