Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat
Species of rodent
| Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat | |
|---|---|
Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
- ^ Roach, N. (2016). "Abrocoma vaccarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136546A22182279. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136546A22182279.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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. 77 (3). American Society of Mammalogists: 891–897. doi:10.2307/1382695. JSTOR 1382695.
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Extant species of family Abrocomidae (Chinchilla rats)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Hystricomorpha
- Infraorder: Caviomorpha
- Bennett's chinchilla rat (Abrocoma bennettii)
- Bolivian chinchilla rat (Abrocoma boliviensis)
- Budin's chinchilla rat (Abrocoma budini)
- Ashy chinchilla rat (Abrocoma cinerea)
- Famatina chinchilla rat (Abrocoma famatina)
- Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat (Abrocoma shistacea)
- Uspallata chinchilla rat (Abrocoma uspallata)
- Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat (Abrocoma vaccarum)
- Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys ashaninka)
- Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys oblativus)
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