Famatina Chinchilla Rat

Famatina Chinchilla Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Abrocomidae
Genus: Abrocoma
Species: A. famatina
Binomial name
Abrocoma famatina
Thomas, 1920

The Famatina Chinchilla Rat (Abrocoma famatina) is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae found only in Argentina.[2]

References

  1. ^ Jayat, J. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Abrocoma famatina. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.
  2. ^ 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:10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0001:SOTACS>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1545-1542.