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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Abrocomidae
--> GENUS Cuscomys
SPECIES Cuscomys oblativa
| Author: | Eaton, 1916. | | Citation: | Mem. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci., 5: 87. | | Common Name: | Machu Picchu Arboreal Chinchilla Rat | | Type Locality: | Peru, Dept. de Cusco, Machu Picchu. | | Distribution: | Known only from Inca burial sites of Machu Picchu. | | Status: | Considered probably extinct by Thomas (1920b); but see Emmons (1999a:13). | |
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