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SPECIES Abrocoma bennettii

Author:Waterhouse, 1837.
Citation:Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 31.
Common Name:Bennett’s Chinchilla Rat
Type Locality:Chile, Aconcagua Prov., vicinity Aconcagua, flanks of Cordillera.
Distribution:Chile from Copiapo to the area of Rio Biobio.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.
Comments:Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=110 (Contreras et al., 1990).
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SUBSPECIES bennettii

SUBSPECIES murrayi

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