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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Abrocomidae
--> GENUS Abrocoma
SPECIES Abrocoma cinerea
Author: | Thomas, 1919. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 4: 132. | Common Name: | Ashy Chinchilla Rat | Type Locality: | Argentina, Jujuy Prov., Cerro Casabindo. | Distribution: | High elevations of SE Peru, SW Bolivia, N Chile, and NW Argentina (Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán Provinces). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Rare. | Comments: | Ellerman (1940) included budini, famatina, schistacea, and vaccarum as subspecies but Braun and Mares (2002) recognized each as a distinct species. |
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