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SPECIES Abrocoma shistacea

Author:Thomas, 1921.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 8: 216.
Common Name:Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat
Type Locality:Argentina, San Juan Prov., Los Sombreros, Sierra Tontal, 3,800 m.
Distribution:Known from the Sierra del Tontal of southern San Juan Prov., Argentina.
Comments:Ellerman (1940) considered shistacea a subspecies of cinerea but Braun and Mares (2002) recognized it as distinct.
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