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FAMILY Abrocomidae

Author:Miller and Gidley, 1918.
Citation:Jour. Washington Acad. Sci., 8(13): 447.
Comments:The phylogenetic affinity of Abrocoma has been problematic; Ellerman (1940) placed within the family Echimyidae, Landry (1957) within the family Octodontidae whereas Patterson and Wood (1982) assigned familial status. Glanz and Anderson (1990) suggested a sister relationship between Abrocomidae and Chinchillidae. Molecular data (Gallardo and Kirsch, 2001; Honeycutt et al., 2003; Huchon and Douzery, 2001) and allozyme data (Köhler et al., 2000) support familial status within the superfamily Octodontoidea and most suggest a basal position for the Abrocomidae.
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GENUS Abrocoma

SPECIES bennettii

SUBSPECIES bennettii

SUBSPECIES murrayi

SPECIES boliviensis

SPECIES budini

SPECIES cinerea

SPECIES famatina

SPECIES shistacea

SPECIES uspallata

SPECIES vaccarum

GENUS Cuscomys

SPECIES ashaninka

SPECIES oblativa

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