Fossorial Giant Rat

Fossorial Giant Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Kunsia
Species: K. fronto
Binomial name
Kunsia fronto
(Winge, 1887)

The Fossorial Giant Rat (Kunsia fronto) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in Argentina and Brazil. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

References

  1. ^ Pardinas, U., D'Elia, G., Teta, P. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Kunsia fronto". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/11062. Retrieved 12 Feb. 2011. 
  2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1122. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000684.