Chilean rock rat

Chilean rock rat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Octodontidae
Genus:	Aconaemys
Species:	A. fuscus
Binomial name
*Aconaemys fuscus* (Waterhouse, 1842)

The Chilean rock rat (Aconaemys fuscus) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile.

References

↑ Lessa, E., Ojeda, R. & Bidau, C. (2008). Aconaemys fuscus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.

Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. pp 1538–1600 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.

Extant species of family Octodontidae

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha

Aconaemys	Chilean Rock Rat (Aconaemys fuscus) Porter's Rock Rat (Aconaemys porteri) Sage's Rock Rat (Aconaemys sagei)

Octodon	Bridges's Degu (Octodon bridgesi) Degu (Octodon degus) Moon-toothed Degu (Octodon lunatus) Pacific Degu (Octodon pacificus)

Octodontomys	Mountain Degu (Octodontomys gliroides)

Octomys	Viscacha Rat (Octomys mimax)

Pipanacoctomys	Golden Vizcacha Rat (Pipanacoctomys aureus)

Salinoctomys	Chalchalero Vizcacha Rat (Salinoctomys loschalchalerosorum)

Spalacopus	Coruro (Spalacopus cyanus)

Tympanoctomys	Plains Viscacha Rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae)

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