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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Octodontidae
--> GENUS Octomys
SPECIES Octomys mimax
| Author: | Thomas, 1920. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 6: 118. | | Common Name: | Viscacha Rat | | Type Locality: | Argentina, Catamarca Prov., La Puntilla. | | Distribution: | Foothills and lower montane slopes of the Andes, and portions of the Monte Desert of Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, and N Mendoza Provs. (Argentina). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Occurs at higher elevations in Andes, and is similar in habits to Neotoma, the North American Woodrat (Redford and Eisenberg, 1992). Karyotype has 2n=56 and FN=108 (Contreras et al., 1994). |
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