Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat
| Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Abrocomidae |
| Genus: | Abrocoma |
| Species: | A. shistacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Abrocoma shistacea Thomas, 1921 | |
The Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat (Abrocoma shistacea) 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] It is named for the Sierra del Tontal, where it is found.
References
- ↑ Jayat, J. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Abrocoma shistacea. 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.
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