Bennett's chinchilla rat
| Bennett's chinchilla rat | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Abrocomidae |
| Genus: | Abrocoma |
| Species: | A. bennettii |
| Binomial name | |
| Abrocoma bennettii Waterhouse, 1837 | |
Bennett's chinchilla rat (Abrocoma bennettii) is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae.[2] It is found only in Chile.
References
- ↑ D'elia, G. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Abrocoma bennettii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ↑ Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1574. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Further reading
Gallardo, Milton; Kirsch, John (March 2001). "Molecular relationships among Octodontidae (Mammalia: Rodentia: Caviomorpha)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution 8 (1). doi:10.1023/A:1011345000786.
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