Shipton's mountain cavy

Shipton's mountain cavy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Caviidae
Genus: Microcavia
Species: M. shiptoni
Binomial name
Microcavia shiptoni
(Thomas, 1925)

Shipton's mountain cavy (Microcavia shiptoni) is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is endemic to Argentina.

References

  1. Jayat, J. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Microcavia shiptoni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
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