Chalchalero vizcacha rat

Chalchalero vizcacha rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Octodontidae
Genus: Salinoctomys
Mares, Braun, Barquez & Diaz, 2000
Species: S. loschalchalerosorum
Binomial name
Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum
Mares, Braun, Barquez & Diaz, 2000

The Chalchalero vizcacha rat (Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum) is a species of caviomorph rodent in the family Octodontidae.[2] It is monotypic within the genus Salinoctomys. The species is endemic to a small area of northwestern Argentina, where it lives in shrublands bordering the salt flats of the Salinas Grandes.[1] Its diet consists of halophyte plants.[1] The rodent is threatened by degradation of its unique habitat. It is named after an Argentine musical group, Los Chalchaleros, whose songs were popular with its discoverers.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C. (2008). "Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/136714. Retrieved 6 July 2009. 
  2. ^ Woods, Charles A.; Kilpatrick, C. William (16 November 2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi (pp. 1538-1600)". 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. 1573. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400383. 
  3. ^ Mares, Michael A. (1 November 2003). "Desert dreams: seeking the secret mammals of the salt pans - Naturalist at Large". Natural History. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_9_112/ai_110737005/.