Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat
| Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Abrocomidae |
| Genus: | Abrocoma |
| Species: | A. vaccarum |
| Binomial name | |
| Abrocoma vaccarum Thomas, 1921 | |
The Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat (Abrocoma vaccarum), also known as the Mendozan chinchilla rat, is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae. Found only in Argentina, this species was once thought to be part of Abrocoma cinerea. In 2002, Braun and Mares from the University of Oklahoma confirmed it to be a separate species.[2]
This species prefers to live on rocky cliff faces and is found most frequently in an area 1,880 m above sea level.[3]
References
- ↑ Jayat, J. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Abrocoma vaccarum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (August 1996). "Unusual Morphological and Behavioral Traits in Abrocoma (Rodentia: Abrocomidae) from Argentina". Journal of Mammalogy (American Society of Mammalogists) 77 (3): 891–897. doi:10.2307/1382695. JSTOR 1382695.
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